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Playland Village, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Davie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33314. The Survey maps it on the Fort Lauderdale South quadrangle.

Playland Village within Broward County

Then and now

1949 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Playland Village, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Playland Village, surveyed 1949

Compare 1949 against another survey:

On record in Playland Village

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

10 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Playland Village between 1993 and 2011, burning about 38 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 maintenance3
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
18 May 1994Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 May 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 April 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida 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
15 March 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTARGET FIRE
18 December 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE DAVIE PILE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broward County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Playland Village: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Peat, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dania PitPeat, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Powerline PitSilicaPast Producer
State Road QuarryStone, DimensionUnknown
Sterling Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
84 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arvida LakesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bates ProjectStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Deem PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ferncrest QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rhodes PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working 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
Davie0.9 miles16
Fern Crest Village1.1 miles16
Playland Isles1.4 miles16
Hacienda Village1.5 miles16
Broward Gardens1.5 miles16
Broadview Park1.9 miles16
Plantation Isles1.9 miles16
Riverland2.4 miles16

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 Q122557695The 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 289044. 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.