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Plantation, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Plantation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33317. The Survey maps it on the Fort Lauderdale North quadrangle. 91,750 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 9 feet above sea level.

Plantation within Broward County

Then and now

1945 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Plantation, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Plantation, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

On record in Plantation

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

7 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Plantation between 1993 and 2011, burning about 30 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
13 June 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2 PILE FIRE
11 May 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 April 1998Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 April 2006Equipment and vehicle use15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMCCALL FIRE
18 December 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE DAVIE PILE FIRE
23 November 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDUMP ( 06)
29 January 2001Debris and open burning8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broward County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Plantation: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Silica. 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
Powerline PitSilicaPast Producer
State Road QuarryStone, DimensionUnknown
136th Street PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
84 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arvida LakesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bates ProjectStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Deem PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ferncrest QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
State Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Broward County

Storms near this place

29 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plantation in 29 storm reports between 1997 and 2013: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 5 funnel cloud, 5 lightning. The reports record 3 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 1999Tornado (F0)Plantation1 hurt, $20,000no account filed
July 2005LightningPlantation1 hurtA male construction worker at a golf course was injured when lightning struck a pickup truck and flashed off of it. He suffered burns and was transported to the hospital then released. It was raining at the time.
March 2001LightningPlantation1 hurtAn unknown person was struck and injured by lightning.
October 2011Flash FloodPlantation$2,000,000Torrential rainfall affected eastern sections of metro Broward County during the overnight hours of October 31st. Rainfall totals of 8 to 12 inches occurred over an area bounded by I-595 to the south and Pompano Beach to the north, from NW 31 Ave to the west all the way to the Atlantic coast. A few spots in this area likely received amounts close to 15 inches in about a 9-hour time span. These rains fell over areas already saturated from the rains of the previous two days. A total of 402 homes were affected by water damage and streets were closed due to inundation in Fort Lauderdale, Oakland Park, Wilton Manors and Pompano Beach. The area hardest-hit was between Broward and Commercial Boulevards between I-95 and Federal Highway where water covered the ground up to a few feet. ||The city of Fort Lauderdale opened a shelter for displaced residents in the hardest-hit areas. These areas qualified for federal assistance due to the magnitude and areal coverage of the flooding.||Damage amounts listed here are estimated by emergency managers taking into account total number of damaged properties and SBA loans.
February 2008Tornado (EF0)Plantation$350,000An EF0 tornado touched down just north of Interstate 595 and moved across the Riverland Village, Melrose Park and Washington Park neighborhoods of west Fort Lauderdale. The tornado moved north-northeast, roughly paralleling 31st Avenue, before lifting just south of Sunrise Boulevard. The tornado's widest point was about one-eighth of a mile between SW 4th St and SW 8th St, or between Davie and Broward Boulevards. Minor damage to roofs was noted along with fences, awnings, power lines and trees blown down.
May 2007LightningPlantation$40,000Lightning struck the roof of The Waves apartment complex in Plantation. The strike set off flames in the attic and severely damaged four apartments.||A total of 9 people were displaced from their homes because of the fires.
July 2013Tornado (EF0)Plantation$10,000Broadcast Media and Law Enforcement reported a weak tornado touched down at Power Catamarans of South Florida damaging dinghies and watercraft. A couple of boats were overturned in the marina with one boat having a bent up shade and a catamaran was pushed into a fence. The force of the tornado also picked up three small Livingston catamarans and blew them across the yard along with a couple more on a rack. There was also one downed power line and some flashing was torn from a building.
July 2005LightningPlantation$10,000Lightning struck and damaged the roofs of two homes in Weston. There were no fires and no one was injured.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindPlantation$10,000The FHP reported light poles blown down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindPlantation$10,000A severe thunderstorm wind blew a power line onto I-75, trapping several people in their vehicles and shutting down the highway for several hours.
August 2004LightningPlantation$10,000no account filed
June 2000WildfirePlantation$10,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPlantation$5,000Two large mahogany trees were blown down and a screened enclosure was damaged.
August 2006HailPlantation-Reported by trained spotter.
May 2005HailPlantation-Hail up to one inch in diameter was observed.
August 2005Funnel CloudPlantation-A SKYWARN spotter saw a funnel cloud near U.S 41 and Broward Boulevard.
April 2004Funnel CloudPlantation-A SKYWARN spotter reported a funnel cloud.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPlantation-Power lines were blown down during a severe thunderstorm.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindPlantation-Power lines blew down forcing closure of the Sawgrass Expressway near Commercial Blvd.
August 2003Funnel CloudPlantation-A funnel cloud was sighted near I-595 and University Blvd.
September 2001HailPlantation-Dime-size hail was observed in Weston.
September 1998Funnel CloudPlantation-Funnel observed by sheriffs officer near I-595 and Flamingo Rd.
August 1998Funnel CloudPlantation-Several reports of funnel cloud near I-595 and Nob Hill Rd.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindPlantation-Wind gusts estimated at 61 knots. Trees down north of Weston near I-595.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindPlantation-reported by tv meteorologist.
July 1997HailPlantation-reported by storm spotter near sawgrass mills mall. increased from one quarter to three quarter inch in diameter.
August 1997HailPlantation-peters rd/university drive...street flooding also reported
May 2001WildfirePlantation-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindPlantation-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Broward 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
Plantation Gardens0.3 miles18
Plantation Park0.7 miles16
Breezeswept Park Estates1.1 miles18
Sunrise Heights1.2 miles18
Lauderhill1.4 miles18
Westgate Lake Manor1.5 miles16
Plantation Isles1.8 miles16
Broward Estates2.1 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on PlantationAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q984677The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 289024. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.