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.
Then and now
1949 to 1988The 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.


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.
Zora Neale Hurston HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1991 · 0.8 miles away
Casa Capronalisted 1984 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1949 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:10000
- 1981 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 31 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (SL) AIRPORT (1342) |
| 16 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart - Stewart Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Minton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| North Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| St. Lucie Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Airport Mine | Silica | Producer | ||
| North Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Ralls Mine | Silica | Producer | ||
| Saggy Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Frank Stewert Trucking - Tozour Road Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Ft. Pierce Sand and Mat'L - North Mine | Sand | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Heights | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Sunland Gardens | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Saint Lucie | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Anglevillas | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Lakewood Park | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Fort Pierce | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Glidden Park | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Fort Pierce Shores | 2.5 miles | 21 |
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.









