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Sunshine Acres, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Davie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33328. The Survey maps it on the Cooper City quadrangle.

Sunshine Acres within Broward County

Then and now

1956 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sunshine Acres, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sunshine Acres, surveyed 1956

Compare 1956 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Sunshine Acres between 1992 and 2018, burning about 152 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism2
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
11 September 1992Natural2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 July 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 July 1992Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 July 1992Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 June 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2 PILE FIRE
28 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 May 1993Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceENGINE 89 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broward 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 Sunshine Acres: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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
Triple R Paving Inc.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Arvida LakesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hollywood PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rozzo MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Cooper City1.3 miles15
Royal Palm Ranches1.5 miles15
Sunshine Ranches1.9 miles15
Southwest Ranches2.2 miles15
Pine Island Ridge2.9 miles15
Driftwood Estates3.4 miles16
Davie3.4 miles16
Playland Village4.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2407603. 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.