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Paradise Park, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Fort Pierce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34946. The Survey maps it on the Fort Pierce quadrangle.

Paradise Park within St. Lucie County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Paradise Park, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Paradise Park, surveyed 1949

On record in Paradise Park

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Paradise Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,748 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural31
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 August 1996Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 2006Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(SL) AIRPORT (1342)
16 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lucie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Paradise Park: 11 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Stewart - Stewart MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Minton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
St. Lucie MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Airport MineSilicaProducer
North PitSilicaProducer
Ralls MineSilicaProducer
Saggy PitSilicaProducer
Frank Stewert Trucking - Tozour Road MineSandProducer
Ft. Pierce Sand and Mat'L - North MineSandProducer

Every working recorded in St. Lucie County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Harmony Heights0.9 miles20
Sunland Gardens1.2 miles20
Saint Lucie1.2 miles21
Anglevillas1.7 miles20
Lakewood Park1.8 miles20
Fort Pierce2.0 miles21
Glidden Park2.4 miles21
Fort Pierce Shores2.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 308071. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.