West Dixie Bend, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Deerfield Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33073. The Survey maps it on the West Dixie Bend quadrangle.
Then and now
1946 to 1987The 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.


Compare 1946 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1946 USGS West Dixie Bend quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS West Dixie Bend quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS West Dixie Bend quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Lauderdale quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Lauderdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of West Dixie Bend between 2002 and 2020, burning about 81 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 June 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | NATURALOUT |
| 7 June 2002 | Natural | 40 acres | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | BOUDREAUX |
| 27 May 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | SITE 1 |
| 13 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HILLSBORO DRIVE .(06) |
| 12 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TENT POLE (6) |
| 12 May 2008 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALMOST FIRE |
| 9 April 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GREEN ROAD (06) |
| 5 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SANDY RIDGE ( 06 ) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of West Dixie Bend: 13 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand, Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 Sand Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Cypress Head Pit | Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Desrocher Sand and Rock - Desrocher Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Hardrives Co, - Loxahatchee Road | Sand | Producer | ||
| Ryan, Inc. - Lox Road Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Sawgrass Mining - Sawgrass Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Deerfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| H L Westberry Rock and Fill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pit No. 4 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pompand Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Dixie Bend in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2008: 1 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Lightning | West Dixie Bend | 1 killed | A 24-year-old man was struck and killed by lightning while doing landscape work at a private residence in Parkland. The man was working with three other men when the lightning struck. It was not raining at the time, but there were dark storm clouds in the distance. None of the other men were injured. |
| June 2008 | Hail | West Dixie Bend | - | A severe thunderstorm occurred over the City of Parkland producing hail the size of pennies. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro Pines | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Hillsboro Ranches | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Parkland | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Lakeview | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| West Deerfield Beach | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Crystal Lake | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Woodsetter North | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Coconut Creek | 4.6 miles | 16 |
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 Q122561283 | The 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 293055. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








