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Sun Valley, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Boynton Beach-Delray Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33437. The Survey maps it on the Greenacres City quadrangle.

Sun Valley within Palm Beach County

Then and now

1945 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sun Valley, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Sun Valley, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Sun Valley between 1999 and 2018, burning about 67 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
10 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceILLEGAL BURN(50)
3 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMINOR ROAD FIRE
24 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 May 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSMOKE COMPLAINT-5-4-16 (50)
26 May 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 April 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.2 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 March 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHC FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Palm Beach County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sun Valley: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Bell Engineering - Bell Farms PitSandProducer
Bell Farms Shell PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hardrives Co. - Knollbroke PitSandProducer
Lantan Rock PitStone, 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
Country Club Trail0.9 miles14
Rainbow Lakes1.3 miles14
Aberdeen1.7 miles14
Golf2.5 miles17
Dunes Road3.2 miles17
Delray Gardens3.4 miles17
Boynton Beach3.8 miles14
Chapel Hill3.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867215. 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.