Sandalfoot Cove, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Sunshine Parkway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33433. The Survey maps it on the West Dixie Bend quadrangle. 16,582 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 13 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1946 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 41 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1946 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1946 USGS West Dixie Bend quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS West Dixie Bend quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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
- 1962 USGS West Dixie Bend quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Lauderdale quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Lauderdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Sandalfoot Cove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | SPOT |
| 7 June 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | NATURALOUT |
| 7 June 2002 | Natural | 40 acres | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | BOUDREAUX |
| 26 June 2012 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SUGAR SAND PARK ( 50 ) |
| 27 May 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | SITE 1 |
| 13 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HILLSBORO DRIVE .(06) |
| 12 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TENT POLE (6) |
| 12 May 2008 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALMOST FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Sandalfoot Cove: 10 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 Sand Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Cypress Head Pit | Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pompand Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Deerfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| H L Westberry Rock and Fill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pit No. 4 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Desrocher Sand and Rock - Desrocher Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Griffin Brothers - Rock Quarry Number 2 | Sand | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boca Pointe | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Boca Del Mar | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Mission Bay | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Hamptons at Boca Raton | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Boca West | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Paradise Palms | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Whisper Walk | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Floresta | 4.6 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Sandalfoot Cove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2418764 | 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 1867199. 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.








