Plantation Isles, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Plantation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33317. The Survey maps it on the Fort Lauderdale South quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1949 against another survey:
On record in Plantation Isles
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lock No. 1, North New River Canallisted 1978 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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 Lauderdale South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fort Lauderdale South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Lauderdale quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Lauderdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Fort Lauderdale South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Plantation Isles between 1993 and 2011, burning about 39 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2 PILE FIRE |
| 18 May 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 May 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 April 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 April 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | MCCALL FIRE |
| 23 March 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TARGET FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Plantation Isles: 5 producers, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. 5 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powerline Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| State Road Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| 136th Street Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| 84 Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Arvida Lakes | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bates Project | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Deem Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ferncrest Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rhodes Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| State Road Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fern Crest Village | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Broadview Park | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Plantation Park | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Plantation | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Hacienda Village | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Westgate Lake Manor | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Playland Village | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Plantation Gardens | 2.0 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122588643 | The 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 289028. 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.








