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Sunrise Heights, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Plantation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33313. The Survey maps it on the Fort Lauderdale North quadrangle.

Sunrise Heights within Broward County

Then and now

1945 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sunrise Heights, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Sunrise Heights, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

2 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Sunrise Heights between 1993 and 2001, burning about 8 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1

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
11 May 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 January 2001Debris and open burning8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broward County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Sunrise Heights: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Silica. 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
Powerline PitSilicaPast Producer
State Road QuarryStone, DimensionUnknown
136th Street PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
84 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bates ProjectStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Deem PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ferncrest QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Prospect Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Plantation Gardens1.0 miles18
Plantation1.2 miles18
Lauderhill1.7 miles18
Plantation Park1.9 miles16
Breezeswept Park Estates1.9 miles18
Westgate Lake Manor2.4 miles16
Lauderdale Lakes2.5 miles18
East Gate Park2.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 291855. 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.