Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1956.
One of 74 National Register listings published here for Palm Beach County · listed in 1996 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Pahokee High School between 1992 and 2012, burning about 41 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ROADSIDE ( 50 ) |
| 5 June 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 842 |
| 24 June 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GLADES FIRE |
| 27 May 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | POWER PLANT FIRE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pahokee, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1993 and 2018: 6 tornado, 3 funnel cloud, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Lightning | Pahokee | 9 hurt | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pahokee | $10,000 | Two large trees fell on a home in Pahokee. |
| April 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Pahokee | $1,000 | A pilot reported a tornado touching down briefly and damaging a utility pole. |
| March 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Pahokee | - | A trained spotter reported a tornado approximately 3 miles southeast of Pahokee. The tornado was rain-wrapped and nearly stationary. The tornado remained over an open field with no damage reported. |
| August 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Pahokee | - | Video obtained of a tornado in an open field just south of Pahokee. The tornado was believed to have crossed SR 715 and Bacom Point with no damage reported. |
| September 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Pahokee | - | A pilot reported a funnel cloud 3 miles southeast of Pahokee. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pahokee | - | Law enforcement officials reported a downed palm tree in Pahokee. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Pahokee | - | A severe thunderstorm passed over Pahokee producing nickel size hail. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pahokee | - | Pahokee police reported downed power lines along Hoover Dike west of Pahokee on the eastern shore of Lake Okeechobee. A South Florida Water Management observation platform recorded a wind gust to 44 knots...51 mph...at 345 PM EST. |
| August 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Pahokee | - | A weak tornado briefly touched down but did no known damage. |
| July 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Pahokee | - | A funnel cloud was sighted. |
| August 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Pahokee | - | Funnel cloud sighted near SR-715. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Pahokee | - | observed over sugar cane field east of highway 715. |
| July 1997 | Waterspout | Pahokee | - | waterspout observed about 10 nm n of pahokee. |
| August 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Pahokee | - | A tornado touched down briefly in a sugar cane field causing no damage. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Pahokee | - | no account filed |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96001334 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. |
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