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West Jupiter, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Jupiter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33458. The Survey maps it on the Rood quadrangle.

West Jupiter within Palm Beach County

Then and now

1948 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of West Jupiter, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of West Jupiter, surveyed 1948

Compare 1948 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of West Jupiter between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,686 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 5 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
Natural58
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
7 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2009Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHOOD ROAD
7 August 2005Natural15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSCHOOL CMND
3 August 1998Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 2004Natural3.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNORTH LAKE 2 FIRE
14 August 2010Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(MA) SANDY PINES (461)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Palm Beach County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of West Jupiter: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dubois Limestone QuarryStone, 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
Limestone Creek1.6 miles16
North Palm Beach Heights2.1 miles16
Jupiter2.2 miles15
Salhaven2.3 miles15
Tequesta3.3 miles16
Jupiter Inlet Beach Colony3.6 miles15
Paradise Port3.8 miles15
Rood4.0 miles16

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 Q122570330The 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 2054836. 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.