Poincianna Place, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Lake Worth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33467. The Survey maps it on the Greenacres City quadrangle.
Then and now
1945 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1945 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1945 USGS Greenacres City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Greenacres City quadrangle1:24000
- 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
- 1981 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Poincianna Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 970 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | THE CATCHMEN COMMAND |
| 6 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 110TH COMMAND FIRE |
| 5 July 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PEARSON ROAD COMMAND |
| 25 July 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 836 |
| 11 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HAVERHILL COMMAND |
| 6 May 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FOREST HILL COMMAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Poincianna Place: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardrives Co. - Knollbroke Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Golden Lakes Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lantan Rock Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Gardens | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Greenacres City | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hometown Lake Worth Village | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Palm Beach Farms | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Palm Springs | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Atlantis | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Seminole Manor | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| West Palm Beach Farms | 4.3 miles | 14 |
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 Q122546483 | 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 302691. 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.







