Hurricane of 1928 African American Mass Burial Site

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1946.

From the record

“The Hurricane of 1928 African-American Mass Burial Site is a pauper's cemetery and mass grave in West Palm Beach, Florida. The cemetery is situated near the junction of 25th Street and Tamarind Avenue between I-95 and U.S.”
Wikipedia article Hurricane of 1928 African-American Mass Burial Site, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 74 National Register listings published here for Palm Beach County · listed in 2002 · category: Site.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
Address. Jct. of 25th St. and Tamarind Ave., West Palm Beach, 33407
When was it listed? September 2002
Category. site
Census division. West Palm Beach
National Register reference number. 02001012 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1946 to 1956

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 10 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Hurricane of 1928 African American Mass Burial Site, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheet covering Hurricane of 1928 African American Mass Burial Site, surveyed 1946

Fires near this property

13 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Hurricane of 1928 African American Mass Burial Site between 1992 and 2015, burning about 185 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Natural	4

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
30 July 2003	Natural	1.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	OKEECHOBEE COMMAND
23 July 1993	Railroad operations and maintenance	5.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
21 July 2003	Natural	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	47TH ST COMMAND
26 June 2015	Natural	4.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	TYLER LAKE ( 50 )
28 May 1999	Natural	75 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 May 1992	Railroad operations and maintenance	70 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
15 May 1998	Misuse of fire by a minor	15 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
14 May 2000	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named

Every fire recorded in Palm Beach County

Storms near this property

60 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Palm Beach, the town this property stands in, in 61 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 12 funnel cloud, 9 lightning, 8 hail. The reports record 2 deaths and 4 injuries. 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
April 2006	Lightning	West Palm Beach	1 killed	A 65-year-old man was killed when he was struck by lightning while standing in his front yard talking to his neighbor.
July 1997	Lightning	West Palm Beach	1 killed	34 year old male struck by lightning shortly after getting out of his car at his residence on stoneway lane.
September 1999	Lightning	West Palm Beach	1 hurt, $50,000	no account filed
January 2005	Lightning	West Palm Beach	1 hurt	A 44-year-old male construction worker in the median of I-95 near Forest Hill Boulevard was injured when lightning struck a nearby crane. He was transported to the hospital then released.
April 2004	Lightning	West Palm Beach	1 hurt	A 43-year-old male walking to his vehicle was injured when lightning struck a nearby tree. It was raining steadily at the time. The man was treated and released from a hospital.
August 2004	Lightning	West Palm Beach	1 hurt	A 33-year-old soccer coach was talking on the telephone when he received a shock from a lightning strike knocking him from his chair.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	West Palm Beach	$50,000	Florida Highway Patrol reported an uprooted tree fell onto a mobile home in Belle Glade. Wind gust of 51 knots observed at Palm Beach International Airport. Large trees were blown down damaging a mobile home and a carport just south of Lake Worth. A waterspout was sighted offshore Delray Beach. A large billboard was blown down and power poles were bent in Hypoluxo.
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	West Palm Beach	$50,000	no account filed
May 1999	Wildfire	West Palm Beach	$30,000	no account filed
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	West Palm Beach	$25,000	Severe thunderstorm winds damaged screened porches and awnings on a few homes and downed tree limbs.
January 2000	Wildfire	West Palm Beach	$20,000	no account filed
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	West Palm Beach	$10,000	Broadcast media reported that a large tree fell on a school bus as a severe thunderstorm moved through the area. There were no injuries at the time of the report. The speed of the wind gust was estimated based on close proximity to where a 74 mph gust was recorded.
December 2006	Flash Flood	West Palm Beach	$5,000	A slow-moving low pressure trough caused very heavy rains and significant flooding over parts of Palm Beach County. West Palm Beach International Airport received a total of 8.21 inches of rain ending at 7 PM on the 15th. Other locations in Central and Southern Palm Beach County received between 6 and 8 inches of rain. Northern Broward County received lesser amounts in the 2 to 3 inch range.\|Several streets and roads were closed in the city of West Palm Beach, with water reaching up to 3 feet deep in some areas. Hardest hit was the neighborhood of Pineapple Park. Many vehicles were stranded in the deep water, with local police receiving about 120 calls for assistance. No significant damage was reported to property despite water entering homes and businesses. \|Florida Power and Light reported 20,000 customers without power during the afternoon and early evening hours. Shelters were opened for people left homeless by the floods, but only 5 people had arrived as of 8:30 PM.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	West Palm Beach	$5,000	Power lines were blown down.
March 1999	Tornado (F0)	West Palm Beach	$2,000	no account filed
March 2024	Flash Flood	West Palm Beach	-	Law enforcement reported flash flooding with several stalled-out cars and standing water on Southern Boulevard in West Palm Beach, as well as US-1 in Lake Worth, after rounds of showers and thunderstorms moved through the area. 3 to 5 inches of rain was estimated to have fallen in a less than 3-hour period across this area, with 12-hour rainfall amounts of 6 to 7 inches.
July 2020	Hail	West Palm Beach	-	Broadcast media reported nickel size hail on Southern Boulevard in eastern parts of West Palm Beach.
August 2020	Flood	West Palm Beach	-	Video on social media shows roads partially submerged in the Prospect Park neighborhood of West Palm Beach from heavy rainfall. Rainfall amounts in the surrounding area were in the 3 to 5 inch range.
August 2019	Flash Flood	West Palm Beach	-	Several reports and videos from WPTV of flooding due to heavy rainfall of 2 to 3 inches falling within 30 minutes across portions of West Palm Beach. This heavy rainfall caused streets to become impassable with some cars stuck in deep water, which reached up to the headlights. Streets which had significant flooding include: Flagler Drive, Parker Avenue, and Banyan Street east of Tamarind Avenue.
March 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	West Palm Beach	-	A weatherbug mesonet site reported a thunderstorm wind gust 59 mph.
March 2008	Hail	West Palm Beach	-	A severe thunderstorm continued northward after producing wind damage in the Lake Clarke Shores area and produced quarter sized hail in West Palm Beach along Southern Boulevard between the Intracoastal Waterway and Dixie Highway.
February 2007	Hail	West Palm Beach	-	Hail reported at 330 Sea Spray Avenue in West Palm Beach by trained spotter.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	West Palm Beach	-	A thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph was estimated by the public.
August 2004	Hail	West Palm Beach	-	Hail three quarters of an inch in diameter was reported near 45th Street and Broadway.
August 2004	Tornado (F0)	West Palm Beach	-	A tornado was seen over a small lake.
August 2003	Funnel Cloud	West Palm Beach	-	A funnel cloud was seen over the Palm Beach Zoo at Dreher Park.
August 2003	Tornado (F0)	West Palm Beach	-	A waterspout moved ashore from the Atlantic near the Town of Palm Beach and continued west. The tornado did very minor damage to a construction site.
February 2002	Heavy Rain	West Palm Beach	-	Three to five inches of rain fell between 10 am and 2 pm with nine inches measured at Lake Worth ina 38-hour period. A woman drove her vehicle into a canal and drowned when her car was swept away.
September 2002	Funnel Cloud	West Palm Beach	-	Emergency Management Officials reported a funnel cloud.
March 2001	Funnel Cloud	West Palm Beach	-	A SKYWARN spotter sighted a funnel cloud forming near Climatis and Quadrille Roads.
May 2001	Funnel Cloud	West Palm Beach	-	The Highway Patrol reported a funnel cloud near SR 80 at 20-mile bend.
March 2001	Hail	West Palm Beach	-	A spotter reported dime-size hail between Indiantown and West Palm Beach.
June 2001	Waterspout	West Palm Beach	-	Two waterspouts were sighted in the Atlantic about one mile offshore Southern Boulevard.
July 2001	Funnel Cloud	West Palm Beach	-	A SKYWARN spotter sighted a funnel cloud over Wellington.
July 2001	Flash Flood	West Palm Beach	-	Street flooding in Wellington was caused by four inches of rain in a two hour period.
November 1998	Waterspout	West Palm Beach	-	A pilot sighted two waterspouts west of Grand Bahama Island in the Bahamas.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	West Palm Beach	-	large tree fell on cars along 45 st.
August 1997	Funnel Cloud	West Palm Beach	-	reported by public.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	West Palm Beach	-	Nickel and dime-size hail was reported around West Palm Beach. Thunderstorm winds uprooted trees and blew tree limbs off.
November 2003	Heavy Rain	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
June 2001	Hail	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
May 2000	Funnel Cloud	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
September 2000	Funnel Cloud	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
August 2000	Funnel Cloud	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
June 1999	Waterspout	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
June 1999	Funnel Cloud	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
August 1999	Tornado (F0)	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
November 1999	Waterspout	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
September 1999	Waterspout	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
August 1999	Tornado (F0)	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
June 1999	Funnel Cloud	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
August 1999	Waterspout	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
July 1999	Funnel Cloud	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
May 1999	Lightning	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
September 1996	Lightning	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed
September 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	West Palm Beach	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Palm Beach County

Maps showing this location

8 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1946 USGS Palm Beach quadrangle1:24000 - 6 printings
1950 USGS Palm Beach quadrangle1:24000
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
1981 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:100000
1985 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Old Northwood Historic District	0.6 miles	1994
Pine Ridge Hospital	0.7 miles	2001
Northboro Park Historic District	0.9 miles	2007
Northwest Historic District	1.2 miles	1992
Mickens House	1.3 miles	1985
West Palm Beach Fishing Club	1.4 miles	2016

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 02001012 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Palm Beach County	All 74 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
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.