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Sanders Park, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Pompano Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33060. The Survey maps it on the West Dixie Bend quadrangle.

Sanders Park within Broward County

Then and now

1946 to 1987

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Sanders Park, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Sanders Park, surveyed 1946

Compare 1946 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

7 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Sanders Park between 2003 and 2019, burning about 3,739 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
13 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,700 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE REFUGE FIRE
12 May 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTENT POLE (6)
9 April 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGREEN ROAD (06)
24 April 2019Arson/incendiarism20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHLAND SCRUB (6)
26 February 2010Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDEERFIELD FIRE
25 February 2019Arson/incendiarism12 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINEAPPLE (06)
19 January 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDEERFIELD PARK (06 )

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broward County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Sanders Park: 9 producers, 2 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Desrocher Sand and Rock - Desrocher PitSandProducer
Sawgrass Mining - Sawgrass PitSandProducer
Deerfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
H L Westberry Rock and FillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit No. 4Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pompand PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Margate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pompano PitSand 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
Kendall Green0.5 miles17
Carver Village0.6 miles16
Leisureville0.7 miles16
Loch Lomond1.1 miles16
Pompano Beach1.2 miles17
Collier Manor1.4 miles17
Cresthaven1.7 miles17
Bonnie Loch1.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 290595. 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.