BlockWhisper Walk, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Sunshine Parkway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33496. The Survey maps it on the University Park quadrangle. 5,135 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1947 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1947 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.
- 1947 USGS Delmar Farms quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Delmar Farms 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 University Park 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
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Whisper Walk between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,469 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MORIKAMI FIRE |
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | 320 acres | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | SOUTHEAST |
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | SPOT |
| 10 August 1999 | Natural | 60 acres | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | SOUTHEAST |
| 18 July 2006 | Natural | 448 acres | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | L-7 CANAL |
| 14 July 2004 | Natural | 10 acres | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | 30 MINUTE |
| 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Whisper Walk: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin Brothers - Rock Quarry Number 2 | Sand | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamptons at Boca Raton | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Boca West | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Mission Bay | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| University Park | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sandalfoot Cove | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Boca Del Mar | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Kings Point | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Paradise Palms | 4.4 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.
| Wikipedia article on Whisper Walk | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2559273 | 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 1867235. 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.