Playland Estates, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hollywood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33021. 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:
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
18 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Playland Estates between 1993 and 2018, burning about 100 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 24 April 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 April 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | MCCALL FIRE |
| 26 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | THE MIRAMAR FIRE 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Playland Estates: 6 past producers, 5 producers, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Peat, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dania Pit | Peat, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Road Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Hollywood Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pegram Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sterling Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Arvida Lakes | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Big Cypress Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ferncrest Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Main Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Monarch Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Park | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Driftwood Acres | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Hollywood Beach Gardens | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| West Hollywood | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Oak Point | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Fleetwood Manor | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Broward Gardens | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Driftwood Estates | 1.9 miles | 16 |
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 Q122541794 | 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 289041. 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.








