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Rood, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Royal Palm Beach-West Jupiter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33478. The Survey maps it on the Rood quadrangle.

Rood within Palm Beach County

Then and now

1948 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rood, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Rood, surveyed 1948

Compare 1948 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Rood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,139 acres in total. 48 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
Natural48
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2010Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMACKDAIRY
21 August 2015Natural32 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCOUNTY LINE (43)
15 August 2000Natural65 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 July 2004Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Service# 1 DONALD ROSS FIRE
9 July 2004Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service# 2 DONALD ROSS FIRE
8 July 2001Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2001Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Palm Beach County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rood: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Dubois Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Palm Beach 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
West Jupiter Camping Resort2.4 miles16
Limestone Creek3.0 miles16
Tequesta3.8 miles16
West Jupiter4.0 miles16
North Palm Beach Heights5.4 miles16
Jupiter5.5 miles15
Salhaven5.9 miles15
Delta6.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294912. 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.