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Pompano Isles, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Pompano Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33062. The Survey maps it on the Pompano Beach quadrangle.

Pompano Isles within Broward County

Then and now

1949 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pompano Isles, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Pompano Isles, surveyed 1949

Compare 1949 against another survey:

On record in Pompano 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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Pompano Isles in 2019, burning about 32 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Arson/incendiarism2

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
24 April 2019Arson/incendiarism20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHLAND SCRUB (6)
25 February 2019Arson/incendiarism12 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINEAPPLE (06)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broward County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pompano Isles: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Decker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pompano PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tscotis Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Santa Barbara Shores0.2 miles17
Terra Mar0.3 miles17
Cypress Isles Estates0.6 miles17
High Ridge Estates0.8 miles17
Cypress Harbor1.0 miles17
Garden Isles1.0 miles17
Sea Ranch Lakes1.1 miles17
Lyons Park1.4 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.

Wikidata item Q122568969The 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 289166. 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.