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Sunset Point, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Upper Keys census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33037. It lies near Dove Key. The Survey maps it on the Rock Harbor quadrangle. It stands 3 feet above sea level.

Sunset Point within Monroe County

Then and now

1947 to 1988

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 Sunset Point, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Sunset Point, surveyed 1947

Compare 1947 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sunset Point: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Upper Keys Marine Constr. - Blue Waters PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Monroe Pit 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tavernier PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Monroe 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
Thompson0.4 miles15
Rock Harbor2.6 miles15
Tavernier2.8 miles11
Key Largo3.5 miles15
Plantation Key Colony4.4 miles4
Key Largo Park5.0 miles15
Newport5.0 miles15
Plantation Key5.9 miles4

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.

Wikidata item Q7641337The 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 304729. 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.

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.