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Ro-Len Lake Gardens, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hallandale Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33009. The Survey maps it on the North Miami quadrangle.

Ro-Len Lake Gardens within Broward County

Then and now

1947 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 47 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ro-Len Lake Gardens, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Ro-Len Lake Gardens, surveyed 1947

Compare 1947 against another survey:

On record in Ro-Len Lake Gardens

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 15 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

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Ro-Len Lake Gardens between 1992 and 2018, burning about 86 acres in total. 1 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
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
30 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 May 2015Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMEMORIAL (6)
28 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOLETA (13)
24 April 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 April 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOLETA
26 March 2006Arson/incendiarism50 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE MIRAMAR FIRE 2
2 March 2018Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBANJO (13)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broward County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ro-Len Lake Gardens: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Hollywood Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sterling Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Big Cypress PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Main QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Monarch QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Snake Creek QuarryStone, 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
Sun Swept Isles0.7 miles15
Pembroke Park0.9 miles15
Hallandale Beach0.9 miles15
Lake Forest1.0 miles15
Hollywood Ridge Farms1.6 miles15
Carver Ranches1.6 miles15
West Park1.9 miles15
Golden Isles1.9 miles15

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 Q122539345The 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 289761. 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.