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Monroe County, Florida

83 topographic sheets cover 50 settlements here, and 50 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

50 National Register listings published here, 6 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Florida within the United States
Monroe County within Florida
Explore by year 1884 1908

What the record shows

  • 442 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 50 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 16 sites, 15 buildings, 12 structures, 6 districts and 1 object.
  • 14 of the 50 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 50 populated places in this county; 50 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

50

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
AFRICAN QUEENstructure199291001771
George Adderley Housebuilding199292001243
African Cemetery at Higgs Beachsite201212000362
Alligator Reef Lightstructure201111000860
American Shoal Lightstructure201110001189
Angustias Shipwreck Sitesite200606000492
Armory, Thebuilding197171000243
Bat Tower-Sugarloaf Keysite198282002377
Carysfort Lighthousestructure198484000199
Chaves Shipwreck Sitesite200606000493
Crane Pointbuilding2021100007123
Dry Tortugas National Parksite199201000228
El Gallo Indiano Shipwreck Sitesite200606000494
El Infante Shipwreck Sitesite200606000496
El Rubi Shipwreck Sitesite200606000497
Florida Keys Memorialobject199595000238
Fort Jefferson National Monumentdistrict197070000069
Fort Zachary Taylorstructure197171000244
Eduardo H. Gato Housebuilding197373000586
HA. 19 (Japanese Midget Submarine)structure198989001428
Ernest Hemingway Housebuilding196868000023
Herrara Shipwreck Sitesite200606000495
INGHAM (USCGC)structure199292001879
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park and Reservesite197272000340
Key West Historic Districtdistrict197171000245
Key West Historic District (Boundary Increase)district198383001430
Little White Housebuilding197474000652
Martello Gallery-Key West Art and Historical Museumbuilding197272000341
Matecumbe Methodist Churchbuilding2020100005820
Matecumbe Methodist Church Cemeterysite2021100006117
Mud Lake Canalsite200606000979
Old Post Office and Customshousebuilding197373000587
Overseas Highway and Railway Bridgesstructure197979000684
Overseas Highway and Railway Bridges (Boundary Increase)district200404000788
Pigeon Key Historic Districtdistrict199090000443
Dr. Joseph Y. Porter Housebuilding197373000588
SAN PEDRO (shipwreck)site200101000530
San Francisco Shipwreck Sitesite200606000499
Sand Key Lighthousestructure197373000589
Sloppy Joe's Barbuilding200606000957
Sombrero Key Lightstructure201212000092
Sueco de Arizon Shipwreck Sitesite200606000500
Thompson Fish House, Turtle Cannery and Kraalsbuilding199494000633
Tres Puentes Shipwreck Sitesite200606000501
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Key West Stationbuilding197373000590
US Naval Stationdistrict198484000915
USCG Cutter DUANEstructure200202000494
Veterans of Foreign Wars Walter R. Mickens Post 6021 and William Weech American Legion Post 168building201212000300
WESTERN UNION (schooner)structure198484000930
West Martello Towerbuilding197676000602

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

2

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view, 1884 - Bird's eye view of Key West, Fla., Key West Island, C.S. Monroe Co., 1884
Bird's-eye view (1884) - Bird's eye view of Key West, Fla., Key West Island, C.S. Monroe Co., 1884. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1908 - Map of the city of Key West, Monroe Co., Florida : from the original maps and surveys of Wm. A. Whitehead dated Feb. 1829, from meets and bounds shown on the map, from deeds recorded in Monroe County
Land ownership map (1908) - Map of the city of Key West, Monroe Co., Florida : from the original maps and surveys of Wm. A. Whitehead dated Feb. 1829, from meets and bounds shown on the map, from deeds recorded in Monroe County. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

21 of 122 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 122 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

U.S. gunboat Nashville, Key West Harbor, Fla., U.S.A., Boston Public Library - undated
U.S. gunboat Nashville, Key West Harbor, Fla., U.S.A.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Perching pelican, Boston Public Library - undated
Perching pelican. Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Egrets, Boston Public Library - undated
Egrets. Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
The only lighthouse in United States entirely within city limits, Key West, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
The only lighthouse in United States entirely within city limits, Key West, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Convent of Mary Immaculate, Key West, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Convent of Mary Immaculate, Key West, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
New highway built over the old Florida East Coast Railway viaducts on the way to Key West, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
New highway built over the old Florida East Coast Railway viaducts on the way to Key West, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Maine Monument, erected in honor of the sailors sunk in Havana Harbor, Key West, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Maine Monument, erected in honor of the sailors sunk in Havana Harbor, Key West, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Where the sun rises and sets in the sea, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Where the sun rises and sets in the sea, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
A thrilling catch off Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
A thrilling catch off Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Bahia Honda Bridge, highest span of Overseas Highway on way to Key West, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Bahia Honda Bridge, highest span of Overseas Highway on way to Key West, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
The waterfront on the Gulf of Mexico, Key West, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
The waterfront on the Gulf of Mexico, Key West, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Arrival and unloading of a turtle boat, Key West, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Arrival and unloading of a turtle boat, Key West, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
McKee's Museum of Sunken Treasure, Treasure Harbor, Plantation Key, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
McKee's Museum of Sunken Treasure, Treasure Harbor, Plantation Key, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Monument to civilians and veterans who lost their lives in 1935 hurricane, Islamorada Key, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Monument to civilians and veterans who lost their lives in 1935 hurricane, Islamorada Key, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Inside ruins of Fort Jefferson Dry Tortugas, Key West, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Inside ruins of Fort Jefferson Dry Tortugas, Key West, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Chart of the South End of East Florida and Martiers, Boston Public Library - undated
Chart of the South End of East Florida and Martiers. De Brahm, John Gerar William, 1717-ca. 1799, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
The Ancient Tegesta, now promontory of East Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
The Ancient Tegesta, now promontory of East Florida. De Brahm, John Gerar William, 1717-ca. 1799, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
In the Florida Keys, Boston Public Library - undated
In the Florida Keys. Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
In the Florida Keys, Boston Public Library - undated
In the Florida Keys. Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Air view of Old Fort Jefferson, Tortugas Island off Key West, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Air view of Old Fort Jefferson, Tortugas Island off Key West, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Welcome Mr. President, Columbia Laundry, Boston Public Library - undated
Welcome Mr. President, Columbia Laundry. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

48 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 9,162 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-11-22, scale 1:60000
1950-11-22, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-09, scale 1:60000
1951-01-09, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-09, scale 1:60000
1951-01-09, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-09, scale 1:60000
1951-01-09, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-09, scale 1:60000
1951-01-09, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-01-20, scale 1:40000
1960-01-20, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-01-20, scale 1:40000
1960-01-20, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-01-20, scale 1:40000
1960-01-20, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-01-20, scale 1:40000
1960-01-20, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-11-27, scale 1:60000
1950-11-27, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-11-27, scale 1:60000
1950-11-27, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-11-29, scale 1:57000
1950-11-29, scale 1:57000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-02-06, scale 1:28400
1952-02-06, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-02-06, scale 1:28400
1952-02-06, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-02-28, scale 1:28400
1952-02-28, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-02-28, scale 1:28400
1952-02-28, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-12-09, scale 1:40000
1959-12-09, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-12-09, scale 1:40000
1959-12-09, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-12-09, scale 1:40000
1959-12-09, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-12-09, scale 1:40000
1959-12-09, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-26, scale 1:28500
1964-04-26, scale 1:28500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-26, scale 1:28500
1964-04-26, scale 1:28500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-26, scale 1:28500
1964-04-26, scale 1:28500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-26, scale 1:28500
1964-04-26, scale 1:28500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-07-12, scale 1:24000
1969-07-12, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-07-12, scale 1:24000
1969-07-12, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-10-13, scale 1:123446
1969-10-13, scale 1:123446. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-10-13, scale 1:123446
1969-10-13, scale 1:123446. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-09, scale 1:23913
1970-03-09, scale 1:23913. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-09, scale 1:23913
1970-03-09, scale 1:23913. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-09, scale 1:23913
1970-03-09, scale 1:23913. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-09, scale 1:23451
1970-03-09, scale 1:23451. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-01-16, scale 1:82200
1971-01-16, scale 1:82200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-01-16, scale 1:82200
1971-01-16, scale 1:82200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-01-16, scale 1:82200
1971-01-16, scale 1:82200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-01-16, scale 1:82200
1971-01-16, scale 1:82200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-13, scale 1:42000
1972-05-13, scale 1:42000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-13, scale 1:42000
1972-05-13, scale 1:42000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-13, scale 1:42000
1972-05-13, scale 1:42000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-13, scale 1:42000
1972-05-13, scale 1:42000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-02-04, scale 1:76000
1973-02-04, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-02-04, scale 1:76000
1973-02-04, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-02-04, scale 1:76000
1973-02-04, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-02-04, scale 1:76000
1973-02-04, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-06, scale 1:80000
1978-03-06, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-06, scale 1:80000
1978-03-06, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-02-03, scale 1:80000
1979-02-03, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-02-03, scale 1:80000
1979-02-03, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

70 stations, 6 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

54 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 44-1Key West city, comprising Commissioner's Districts 1, 2 and 3 and part of Commissioner's District 4: Key West city - That part of Ward 4 in Commissioner's District 1 Bounded by Angela; White; Olivia; Simonton
  • 44-2Key West city - That part of Ward 4 in Commissioner's District 1 Bounded by Olivia; White; Division; Simonton
  • 44-3Key West city - That part of Ward 4 in Commissioner's District 1 Bounded by Angela; Simonton; Division; Thomas
  • 44-4Key West city - That part of Ward 4 in Commissioner's District 1, excluding U.S. Naval Submarine Base Bounded by Commissioner's District line, Angela; Thomas; Division, Ward line; City limits
  • 44-5U.S. Naval Submarine Base - That part in Key West city, Ward 4 Commissioner's District 1) (Remainder of U.S. Naval Submarine Base is in Key West city Wards 1, 2 and 3, Commissioner's District 2)
  • 44-6Key West city - That part of Ward 5 in Commissioner's District 1, excluding Convent of Mary Immaculate (Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary) Bounded by Division; Packer; United; Simonton
  • 44-7Convent of Mary Immaculate (Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary) (In Key West city, Ward 5 Commissioner's District 1)
  • 44-8Key West city - That part of Ward 5 in Commissioner's District 1 Bounded by Division; Simonton; United; Whitehead
  • 44-9Key West city - That part of Ward 5 in Commissioner's District 1, excluding Officers Recreational Center and Low Cost Housing Bounded by Ward line, Division; Whitehead; United, Ward line; City limits
  • 44-10Officers Recreational Center and Low Cost Housing - That part in Key West city, Ward 5, Commissioner's District 1 (Remainder of Officers Recreational Center and Low Cost Housing is in Key West city, Ward 6, Commissioner's District 1)Commissioner's District 1)
  • 44-11Key West city - That part of Ward 6 in Commissioner's District 1, excluding Casa Marina Hotel, Officers Recreational Center and Low Cost Housing Bounded by Ward line, United; Reynolds, Commissioner's District line; City limits
  • 44-12Casa Marina Hotel (In Key West city, Ward 6, Commissioner's District 1)
  • 44-13Officers Recreational Center and Low Cost Housing - That part in is in Key West city, Ward 6, Commissioner's District 1 (Remainder of Officers Recreational Center and Low Cost Housing is in Key West city, Ward 5, Commissioner's District 1)
  • 44-14Key West city - That part of Ward 1 in Commissioner's District 2, excluding Marine Railway No. 2 and U. S. Naval Submarine Base Bounded by City limits; Commissioner's District line, Margaret; Eaton, Ward line; City limits
  • 44-15Marine Railway No. 2 (In Key West city, Ward 1 Commissioner's District 2)
  • 44-16U.S. Naval Submarine Base - That part in Key West city, Ward 1 Commissioner's District 2 (Remainder of U.S. Naval Submarine Base is in Key West city, Wards 2 and 3, Commissioner's District 2, and Ward 4 Commissioner's District 1)
  • 44-17Key West city - That part of Ward 2 in Commissioner's District 2 Bounded by Eaton; Margaret; Southard; Elizabeth
  • 44-18Key West city - That part of Ward 2 in Commissioner's District 2 Bounded by Eaton; Elizabeth; Southard; Duval
  • 44-19Key West city - That part of Ward 2 in Commissioner's District 2, excluding La Concha Hotel and U.S. Naval Submarine Base Bounded by Ward line, Eaton; Duval; Southard, Ward line; City limits
  • 44-20La Concha Hotel (In Key West city, Ward 2 Commissioner's District 2)
  • 44-21U.S. Naval Submarine Base - That part in Key West city, Ward 2 Commissioner's District 2 (Remainder of U.S. Naval Submarine Base is in Key West city, Wards 1 and 3, Commissioner's District 2 and Ward 4 Commissioner's District 1)
  • 44-22Key West city - That part of Ward 3 in Commissioner's District 2 Bounded by Southard; Margaret; Angela; Duval
  • 44-23Key West city - That part of Ward 3 in Commissioner's District 2, excluding U.S. Naval Submarine Base Bounded by Ward line, Southard ;Duval; Angela, Commissioner's District line; City limits
  • 44-24U. S. Naval Submarine Base - That part in Key West city, Ward 3 Commissioner's District 2 (Remainder of U. S. Naval Submarine Base is in Key West city, Wards 1 and 2, Commissioner's District 2 and Ward 4 Commissioner's District 1)
  • 44-25Key West city - That part of Ward 1 in Commissioner's District 3, excluding U. S. Naval Air Station and Low Cost Housing Bounded by City limits; Ward line, Eaton; Margaret, Commissioner's District line; City limits
  • 44-26U. S. Naval Air Station and Low Cost Housing - That part in Key West city, Ward 1 Commissioner's District 3 (Remainder of U. S. Naval Air Station is in Key West city, Wards 2 and 3, Commissioner's District 3 and Ward 4 Commissioner's District 4)
  • 44-27Key West city - That part of Ward 2 in Commissioner's District 3, excluding Key West Army Barracks and U. S. Naval Air Station and Low Cost Housing Bounded by Eaton, Ward line; City limits; Ward line, Southard; Margaret
  • 44-28Key West Army Barracks (In Key West city, Ward 2 Commissioner's District 3)
  • 44-29U.S. Naval Air Station and Low Cost Housing - That part in Key West city, Ward 2 Commissioner's District 3 (Remainder of U.S. Naval Air Station and Low Cost Housing is in Key West city, Wards 1 and 3, Commissioner's District 3, and Ward 4 Commissioner's District 4)
  • 44-30Key West city - That part of Ward 3 in Commissioner's District 3, excluding U.S. Naval Air Station and Low Cost Housing Bounded by Southard, Ward line; City limits; Commissioner's District line, Angela; Margaret
  • 44-31U.S. Naval Air Station and Low Cost Housing - That part in Key West city, Ward 3 Commissioner's District 3 (Remainder of U.S. Naval Air Station and Low Cost Housing is in Key West city, Ward 1 and 2, Commissioner's District 3 and in Ward 4 Commissioner's District 4)
  • 44-32Key West city - That part of Ward 4 in Commissioner's District 4 Bounded by Angela; Pearl; Division; White
  • 44-33Key West city - That part of Ward 4 in Commissioner's District 4, excluding U.S. Naval Air Station and Low Cost Housing Bounded by Angela, Commissioner's District line; City limits; Ward line, Division; Pearl
  • 44-34U.S. Naval Air Station and Low Cost Housing - That part in Key West city, Ward 4 Commissioner's District 4 (Remainder of U.S. Naval Air Station and Low Cost Housing is in Key West city, Wards 1, 2 and 3, Commissioner's District 3)
  • 44-35Key West city - That part of Ward 5 in Commissioner's District 4 Bounded by Division; White; United; Packer
  • 44-36DN/A
  • 44-36CKey West city - That part of Ward 6 in Commissioner's District 4 Bounded By Division; Leon; Flagler; Reynolds, United, White
  • 44-36BKey West city - That part of Ward 6 in Commissioner's District 4 Bounded by Garrison Yacht, Basin; 5th; Flagler; Leon
  • 44-36AKey West city - That part of Ward 6 in Commissioner's District 4, Bounded by City limits; Roosevelt Blvd.; Flagler; 5th
  • 44-37BKey West city - That part of Ward 6 in Commissioner's District 4, excluding Low Cost Housing (Naval), Meacham Field and U. S. Naval Hospital Bounded by Flagler Ave.; Bertha; City limits; Reynolds
  • 44-37AKey West city - That part of Ward 6 in Commissioner's District 4, excluding Low Cost Housing (Naval) Meacham Field and U. S. Naval Hospital Bounded by Old County Rd., Flagler Ave., Overseas Hwy.; City limits; City limits; Bertha
  • 44-38Low Cost Housing (Naval) (In Key West city, Ward 6, Commissioner's District 4)
  • 44-39Meacham Field - Outlying Field of U.S. Naval Air Station (In Key West city, Ward 6, Commissioner's District 4)
  • 44-40U.S. Naval Hospital (In Key West city, Ward 6, Commissioner's District 4)
  • 44-41Commissioner's District 4, outside Key West city: Commissioner's District 4 - That part comprising Islands and Keys east of Key West city, excluding Dry Tortugas U.S. Lighthouse and U.S. Naval Air Station - Boca Chica Field
  • 44-42Dry Tortugas U.S. Lighthouse (on Loggerhead Key) (In Commissioner's District 4)
  • 44-43U.S. Naval Air Station - Boca Chica Field (In Commissioner's District 4)
  • 44-44Commissioner's District 4 - That part comprising Islands and Keys west of Key West city (Remainder of Commissioner's District 4 is in Key West city)
  • 44-45CCommissioner's District 5 - That part north of Key Vaca and Stirrup Key and south of Upper Matecumbe Key
  • 44-45ACommissioner's District 5 - That part north of Plantation Key including the mainland, outside Everglades National Park
  • 44-45BCommissioner's District 5 - That part north of Lignum Vitae and Lower Matecumbe Key and south of Tavernier Creek (Key Largo)
  • 44-45DCommissioner's District 5 - That part north of West Summerland Keys and south of Fat Deer Key
  • 44-46Commissioner's District 5: Sombrero Key Lighthouse (In Commissioner's District 5)
  • 44-47Everglades National Park - That part in Commissioner's District 5 (Remainder of Everglades National Park is in Commissioner's District 1, Dade County)

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

498 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 498 of them, burning about 82,379 acres. 190 started naturally and 36 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Natural190
Missing data/not specified/undetermined80
Misuse of fire by a minor48
Railroad operations and maintenance41
Debris and open burning37
Arson/incendiarism36
Smoking24
Recreation and ceremony21
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Fireworks2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 May 2020Equipment and vehicle use25,834 acresBig Cypress National PreserveMOONFISH
2 May 2018Natural8,389 acresBig Cypress National PreserveCURLEW
25 May 2009Natural6,175 acresEverglades National ParkHELLS BAY
2 June 2001Natural4,134 acresEverglades National ParkSQUAWKCRK2
9 July 2014Natural3,635 acresEverglades National ParkROGERS RIVER WF
4 June 1999Natural3,155 acresEverglades National ParkLOSTMAN'S
10 July 2015Natural2,772 acresEverglades National Park10 MILE WF
25 June 2001Natural2,472 acresEverglades National ParkONIONKEYBY

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1953 to 2026

60 of 617 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 617 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 76 injuries and about $55,176,410 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Waterspout314
Thunderstorm Wind109
Tornado78
Funnel Cloud53
Flood25
Lightning13
Hail12
Heavy Rain12
Storm Surge/Tide1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1998Thunderstorm WindMarathon1 killedASOS at Marathon Airport recorded 50 knots at 1620 EDT. The C-MAN at Sombrero Key recorded 59 knots. A storm spotter estimated wind gusts of 65 knots. Signs and trees were downed throughout the Marathon area. Several boats were swamped. Five people were knocked overboard from their sailboat. Four were rescued by the USCG. A 34 year old man was found drowned two days later.
June 1972Tornado (F2)not stated40 hurt, $250,000no account filed
November 1998Tornado (F2)Key Largo20 hurt, $25,000,000A multivortex tornado touched down just west of U.S. 1 near mile marker 100. The tornado moved north northeast at 30 mph passing across ten housing subdivision, mostly mobile home parks. It damaged about 600 structures, tore down utility lines, damaged vessels and destroyed a great deal of foliage. The tornado crossed to the east of U.S. 1 near the intersection of Highway 905, overturning a semi tractor trailer, and continue north northeast for about six miles damaging house roofs and foliage.
April 1980Tornado (F2)not stated10 hurt, $250,000no account filed
June 1966Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
June 2013LightningStock Is1 hurtA police officer was injured when his motorcycle was struck, possibly indirectly, by lightning. It was unknown whether the original lightning strike was to a utility pole or directly to the right-hand handlebar of the motorcycle. The officer was waiting at a traffic signal at Palm Avenue and North Roosevelt Boulevard while returning to the Key West Police Station in order to switch to his assigned car after hearing thunder. The officer experienced a significant jolt which threw his right arm backward, causing a shoulder injury. The officer remained conscious and was able to call for rescue service using his own radio. The officer was admitted for overnight observation and medical testing and did not receive any burns from the lightning strike. The officer was released shortly thereafter and was expected to return to duty soon.
July 2009Lightning(Eyw)Key West Inl Ar1 hurtLightning struck a palm tree near the entrance to White Street Pier in Key West. The bolt passed from the tree to a 19-year-old male. The strike survivor remained conscious and was treated at Lower Keys Medical Center for minor injuries.
August 2001LightningIslamorada1 hurtFemale injured by lightning during a thunderstorm. She was touching a stainless steel counter of the restaurant she worked at when she was struck. She worked at the Islamorada Fish Company.
July 2000LightningKey West1 hurtLightning struck a boat just west of Key West. 5 people were knocked out of the boat with one person injured with burns.
July 1997Lightning(Nqx)Key West Nas1 hurtlightning struck a male on cudjoe key. he received severe burns and was taken to the key west hospital.
February 1998Tornado (F1)Marathon$20,000,000Tornado moved from south across Grassy Key near MM 56.5.
August 2005Tornado (F2)Marathon$5,000,000Tornado damage path began oceanfront at 73rd Street Ocean (F1) in Marathon and moved northeast, crossing U.S. Highway 1 near 76th Street Ocean, passing through Marathon Airport before entering Florida Bay near the Sea Air Estates Subdivision. Most signficant damage (F2) included concrete block residential structure shifted on foundation...a frame residence shifted on pilings, and bent large steel I-Beams on recently constructed hangars at Marathon Airport. One boat sunk in canal. Extensive damage to porches and trees along narrow path.
June 1983Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
October 1987Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 1986Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 1982Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 1972Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1997Tornado (F1)Mm58.5 Grassy Key$150,000no account filed
September 2008Tornado (EF1)Craig Key$120,000A violent waterspout associated with a supercell made landfall as a tornado in Lower Matecumbe Key at Sunset Drive and moved northwest, crossing U.S. Highway One and then along Palm Drive through a residential section near Mile Marker 74 on the Overseas Highway. The tornado damage path ended on Buttonwood Lane before reaching Florida Bay. Most damage was to deck railings, screens, windows and soffits on numerous homes. A few homes displayed more significant damage, including penetration through exterior doors and walls, with one home losing 50 percent of its roof decking. The EF1 rating with estimated maximum wind speeds of 90 to 100 mph was based on roof damage to a residence along Palm Drive. Debris from sheet metal paneling and mangrove branches may have contributed to a major power outage throughout all of the Keys from Islamorada through Key West as it was carried across U.S. Highway One and a major electrical transmission line.
November 1998Tornado (F1)Islamorada$100,000A tornado moved ashore from the Straits of Florida into the middle Keys near mile marker 80. It travelled in a northeast direction crossing to the west side of U.S. 1. Damage occurred to the roof of a motel and to trees, fences and power lines.
February 2024Tornado (EF0)Summerland Key$75,000A waterspout was observed by resident video of a |mature waterspout passing just to the north of the southern end of |Cudjoe Key, entering Cudjoe Bay on a northeast path. The waterspout |made landfall in a residential section along Cudjoe Bay near Spanish |Main Drive and moved through the Venture Out residential community of mixed single |family and manufactured residences. The EF0 rating is based on tree |damage including snapped hardwood branches and a healthy palm trunk |roughly 15 feet above the ground. The top portion of the tree fell |onto a manufactured residence with major wall damage and release of |numerous roofing panels deposited as far as 300 yards to the |northeast. Siding was removed from several residences. The tornado |exited the northeast portion of the community and traveled over the |western portion of Kemp Channel, before crossing U.S. Highway One |just west of the Kemp Channel Bridge. A small hardwood tree and |several large hardwood limbs were downed to the north just west of |the western bridge abutment. Maximum winds near 85 mph were estimated at the Venture Out community with a patch width near 120 yards. ||The continuing waterspout observed by resident video of a |mature waterspout approaching the western shore of Big Torch Key |from Niles Channel approximately 2.5 miles north of the Niles |Channel Bridge. The waterspout made landfall as a tornado north of |Osprey Lane and moved northeast, crossing Dorn Road about three |miles north of U.S. Highway 1. Numerous large hardwood branches |were broken off from area trees with a lightweight residential |amenities deposited along a narrow path about 125 yards to the |northeast. No assessment could be made further northeast due to |dense mangrove marshland as the tornado moved toward the northern |portion of Pine Channel. Maximum winds were estimated near 75 mph with a path width of about 80 yards on Big Torch Key.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMarathon$60,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 to 70 mph blew down a large billboard on top of permanent shelter canopies at the Marathon Municipal Skate Park. Large tree blown down at Monroe County Sheriffs Office, an 80-foot guy-wired communications antenna snapped at a level 20 feet above the ground, and a 30-foot-tall 4-foot diameter rubber tree was uprooted and damaged the corner section of a roof of a day care center.
November 1998Tornado (F0)Rock Harbor$50,000A tornado touched down just west of U.S. 1 near mile marker 98. Damage occurred to the roof of a house and to foliage.
April 1995TornadoTavernier$50,000A waterspout moved ashore from the ocean-side into Tavernier at mile marker 92.5. Trailers in the Sherill Park Mobile Home subdivision suffered $50 thousand damage and several boats suffered minor damage.
July 2012Lightning(Eyw)Key West Inl Ar$40,000A duplex residence was severely damaged when struck by a positive-polarity lightning bolt. Lightning struck the ground near an exterior Jacuzzi in a side yard, near the front corner of the structure. The lightning strike left a hold in the ground roughly 2 feet by 2 feet by 18 inches deep. A ground rod and wire was installed for the Jacuzzi but not attached. The charge followed the exterior power conduit to an exterior junction box, where the box's cover was blown free. Wires were charred, the conduit destroyed. The residence's washer/dryer electric supply was charred. The electric meter box exploded according to the responding fire unit, with wires charred and burned and all connections melted. In the front of the residence, wood was charred under metal screws securing the exterior soffit. Aluminum frames for glass jalaousie windows in the front of the residence were melted with windows knocked out. Light bulbs in various locations throughout the residence were blown, including the bedroom lamps and ceiling fixture, bathroom wall fixture, and kitchen ceiling light fixture. The bathroom mirror was shattered. The residence was declared unfit for occupation due to damage to the electrical system, although no fire resulted. Keys Energy Services replaced a blown fuse for a transformer serving the residence, and three other residences had tripped circuits but no permanent damage was reported. The struck residence was occupied by one female at the time of the strike, who was observed by rescue personnel to not have any injuries.
April 2013Tornado (EF0)Big Pine$30,000A waterspout was observed by the public, backlit by frequent lightning strikes approaching long beach estates from the west-southwest, passing to the south of the Newfound Harbor Keys. The waterspout moved ashore along the oceanside of Long Beach Drive and passed over the public observer's property, a bed-and-breakfast inn. It was at this landfall location that the tornado was at its maximum intensity and width of about 80 yards. Widespread damage to large limbs of native hardwood trees occurred, and one royal palm snapped at a level above 15 feet. A ground deck with four kayaks became airborne with the dock dropped within mangroves beyond 30 yards from the original location. A large unmounted above-ground cistern containing nearly 200 gallons of water slide just over 15 yards, knocking a large camping trailer off its front mount. Bolts securing a large grill to wood ground decking were sheared off. While numerous tables and lounge chairs were carried to the leeward side of the property, one 40-lb steel lounge chair was lifted to the edge of the roof line of the two-story residence, crushing the rain gutter, before settling in the lee of the structure. Small gravel and pea rock along the waterfront caused moderate to severe paint chipping on the oceanside of several homes. Screens including their wood frames were torn off several residences' oceanside porches, with one home losing about 40 percent of its oceanside vinyl siding. A phone line was downed along Long Beach Drive. ||The tornado continued across mud flats along the southeast edge of Coupon Bight, where only isolated damage to mangrove branches was observed. Small limbs were observed downed across Long Beach Drive between Southeast Point and U.S. Highway 1, eventually crossed through a campground just south of the Spanish Harbor Channel Bridge. Several tents including one large aluminum-framed dome tent strucutre were overturned before the tornado likely passed into Spanish Harbor Channel. The intensity of the tornado at Spanish Harbor Channel had decreased since its original landfall with estimated winds near 60 mph.
November 2009Thunderstorm WindMarathon$30,000Severe wind gusts out of the north northeast spread out of the east end of Boot Key Harbor. Three small vessels, including one trimaran, were overturned. A vessel docked at Dockside Marina measured a wind gust in excess of 100 mph at mast level. An outdoor canopy secured by heavy tube steel framing was destroyed at a restaurant. A tent was also carried into power lines, causing a power outage to most of the Sombrero Country Club and Sombrero Beach area.
September 2008Tornado (EF0)Upper Key Largo$25,000Tornado touched down on Atlantic side of U.S. Highway One and moved toward the northwest. The tornado caused minor damage to facia on a business on the bayside of U.S. Highway One, then moved into a residential area. One residence with two broken windows, and another residence had an exterior wall penetrated with a 2x4 carried from over 250 yards away from a home under construction. Several trees and large limbs downed. Estimated maximum wind speed 60 to 70 mph.
March 1984Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 1982Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 1982Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
August 1978Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 1972Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 2022FloodUpper Key Largo$20,000Localized street flooding was observed in several neighborhoods in the Key Largo through Tavernier areas of the upper Florida Keys. In addition, a few boats on lifts with drain plugs left in were damaged or dropped into local canals due to the weight of accumulated rainfall onboard.
November 2009Thunderstorm WindMarathon$20,000Significant damage to trees was noted along the back nine of the Sombrero Country Club, with lose objects and lawn furniture tossed from under stilted homes into Boot Key Harbor. No damage was observed to roofing materials, doors or windows.
June 2007Tornado (EF0)Sugarloaf Key$20,000A tornado touched down at 1155 EST June 1st along Mira Road on Sugarloaf Key, downing a 30-foot Ficus tree, damaging a screen porch and scattering loose items stored underneath an elevated home. The tornado likely had an intermittent north northwest path partially over water, before damging a home on Hawksbill Road along the northeast portion of Sugarloaf Key. An enclosed patio along the back portion of the home had been destroyed, allowing metal covering to peel back on roughly one third of the home. No other homes were damaged, including one across a canal directly in the path of the tornado. Therefore it was concluded the the roof covering failure without any wood roof decking failures occurred due to the failure of the light wood porch. Heavy rain was noted which also may have caused excessive loads on the screens, contributing to porch failure. Therefore the maximum damage rating for the entire event was set at EF0.
October 2007LightningTavernier$20,000Lightning struck the cupola of an unoccupied large oceanfront home in Plantation Key. The strike caused a small fire and damaged plumbing within the roof structure of the home.
April 1996Thunderstorm Wind(Eyw)Key West Inl Ar$20,000no account filed
April 2010Tornado (EF0)Key Largo Pt Arpt$15,000A waterspout accompanying a line of severe thunderstorms moved onshore the Florida Bay side of Key Largo at the Marriott Florida Bay Resort. A tree was blown down blocking part of U.S. Highway 1 in front of the hotel. An outdoor day spa consisting of a thatched roof and bamboo shutters and interior mirrors was destroyed. Weighted deck loungers were blown across the pool deck and significant landscaping damage occurred on the waterfront side of the hotel. The tornado quickly dissipated over U.S. Highway 1, and was likely a non-supercell spawned waterspout. Estimated maximum winds were near 70 mph.
July 2000Tornado (F0)Big Pine Key$15,000Waterspout moved onshore along the south end of Big Pine Key. Damaged a bed and breakfast Inn.
June 1998Tornado (F0)Key West$15,000Funnel cloud moved onshore and lowered resulting in a F0 tornado. The tornado moved along 10th ST between North Roosevelt Ave and Flagler Ave. Tree were toppled...roofs and awnings were damaged...powerlines were downed and a shack was tipped over.
June 1995TornadoMarathon$15,000A waterspout, travelling toward the west southwest, moved ashore near Marathon Airport. The tornado jumped highway U.S. 1 then descended on Sombrero Boulevard. The tornado moved offshore into Boot Key Harbor before dissipating. Fences and small trees were blown down and several vehicles suffered minor damage at Sombrero Key Resort and Country Club. A dinghy was destroyed when it was lifted into the air, over telephone lines, then dropped to the ground.
September 2020FloodStock Is$10,000Key West Police Department reported numerous streets impassable due to flooding with stalled vehicles, including the Triangle (U.S. 1 and Roosevelt Boulevards), South Roosevelt and New Town neighborhoods along Northside Drive through Flagler Boulevard, and near Flagler and 5th Street. Flooding later expanded to include the Bertha Street and Atlantic Boulevard neighborhoods, flooding a resident to a depth of 6 inches on Atlantic Drive.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindTavernier$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed a permanent steel-framed canopy at a restaurant. a free-standing wood-framed fruit stand was overturned and splintered. A wood utility-grade sign pole snapped at the base. Power Outages to approximately 200 customers occurred in Tavernier, along with hail up to one half inch (0.50) in diameter.
October 2011FloodStock Is$10,000Street flooding of 3 to 4 feet deep was reported at the corners of White and Eaton Streets and Caroline and Margaret Streets in Old Town Key West, as well as at Donald and 20th Streets in New Town Key West. Several cars were stranded due to street flooding along South Roosevelt Boulevard between the Overseas Highway and Flagler Avenue, as well as near 1st Street and North Roosevelt Boulevard. Isolated low elevation home flooding was observed in Mid Town Key West along Fogarty Avenue.
September 2010FloodCraig Key$10,000Heavy rainfall caused extensive street flooding over Lower and Upper Matecumbe Keys within the Village of Islamorada. Water entered one home on Lower Matecumbe Key, causing one family to be temporarily displaced.
December 2009Tornado (EF0)(Eyw)Key West Inl Ar$10,000A weak tornado produced EF0 damage across the extreme southeast part of Key West through south Stock Island. The tornado was first observed by a motorist just offshore South Roosevelt Boulevard before moving briefly onshore at a hotel. Over a half dozen palm trees with some decay were snapped at the base. Lawn furniture associated with the hotel's tiki hut north of the tornado path were blown southeast onto South Roosevelt Boulevard in the torando's wake. The tornado tracked northeast across Cow Key Channel before moving ashore south Stock Island along 12th Avenue. Two trees were downed onto 12th Avenue in a northeast direction. A deck umbrella was lofted northeast from the east end of 11th Avenue onto power lines on 5th Street, bringing down the lines and causing a power outage throughout the area. The tornado continued northeast and likely lifted or dissipated over 5th Avenue northeast of Bernstein Park. There, a small ornamental tree was found snapped at the base and laying toward the west partially onto 5th Street. Several trash cans placed around Bernstein park had fallen and rolled southward or southeastward. At the tornado path northeast terminus, a television cable line was downed. Maximum winds were estimated at 60 to 70 mph along the path from Key West through 11th Avenue in Stock Island.
November 2018LightningRamrod Key$7,500Lightning struck a residence along Barbados Lane on Ramrod Key, resulting in roof and electrical system damage. A neighboring residence also experienced electrical system damage. Report relayed by social media.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindOcean Reef$7,000An emergency management official reported strong thunderstorm winds had knocked down several trees and power lines on Marina Drive in North Key Largo.
May 2013FloodStock Is$5,000Flooding was reported in the Old Town Historic District of Key West, including up to two feet of flood depth at the corner of Front and Simonton Streets, at Duval and Greene Streets, and up to three feet in depth at Duval and Front Streets. Up to 7 inches of rain was measured at the Key West Wastewater Treatment Plant on the south end of Fleming Key. Several businesses had water inundation to around 6 inches in depth.
December 2009Tornado (EF0)Key Largo Pt Arpt$5,000The NWS investigated a newspaper report of a tornado at Key Largo, and found the same supercell which spawned a weak tornado in the Lower Florida Keys also caused a short-lived weak tornado near Mile Marker 104 of the Overseas Highway. The tornado produced minor damage with some outdoor furniture destroyed and ornamental palm trees downed in a parking lot at a Florida Bay-side business, and porch screens blown out at a restaurant next door. Maximum winds estimated at 65 mph.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Marathon$5,000Tornado touched down at F0 intensity along 52nd Street Gulf and had a skipping, curved path generally toward the east-southeast. The tornado continued through the Garden Club and across U.S. Highway 1. Numerous large limbs up to 12 inches in diameter and a few trees were downed in a narrow convergent path across the parking lots of a vacant establishment and a supermarket. Limbs were deposited along curving cyclonic paths from 50 to 150 yards from the original source trees. Numerous parking and stop signs were damaged and destroyed along the path. The damage path ended approximately 150 yards south of U.S. Highway 1 near Sombrero Beach Road. Estimated maximum winds of 65 mph on a narrow, intermittent path.
December 2002Thunderstorm WindKey West Nas$5,000Wind Damage to Key West Naval Air Station facilities. Several trees were downed, and three utility poles snapped above the ground. A dumpster and a small power boat on a trailer were overturned. Minor damage to wood fascia on building.
April 2018Tornado (EF1)Tavernier$4,000Summary: A waterspout or funnel cloud was observed backlit by |lightning over Florida Bay shortly before making landfall as a |tornado at Indian Mound Trail of the Indian Waterways subdivision of |Plantation Key, Islamorada. Large gumbo limbo tree limbs were downed |as well as the top of a palm tree, landing 20 yards from streetside |the front steps of a residence. And adjacent residence had a rolling |driveway gate completely dislodged from its mounts, pushed into a |trailered boat and car. The tornado continue to produce mostly |damage to large limbs of hardwood trees, including gumbo limbo and |mahogany, in a path rarely exceeded two residential properties in |width toward the east-northeast. An entire gutter and downspout |system was removed from a residence. Numerous loose items, including |filled trash cans and lawn/patio furniture was moved from the |backyards and understory of homes onto front lawns and streets. Most |of the observed damage in the Indian Waterways community were |consistent with 60 to 70 mph, with possible spot values near 75 mph.||The tornado crossed a patch of mangroves and undeveloped forest, and |reached greatest intensity at San Pedro Catholic Church. There, a |large tree split at the trunk, and an old-growth mahogany was |uprooted, falling toward the east onto a portion of the structure |connecting the rectory with the main church. Fortunately, the upper |portion of the tree did not substantially damage the roof, with no |leaks observed in the downpour that followed. However, several |barrel tiles were removed from the peak ridges forming the hip roof |pattern over the rectory, as well as from the southeast edge of the |church, onto the top of the church's main entrance. Numerous large |limbs were downed toward the east, with lightweight free-standing |signs deposited northward cross the tornado path from right to left.|Estimated wind speeds were maximized in the range of 90 to 100 mph |with maximum width near 60 yards. Good impact reference made to the |observed wind impacts at this location from recent Hurricane Irma, |all having previously been removed or repaired. ||The tornado continued toward the east-northeast, crossing U.S. |Highway 1 and the Old Highway, but weakened such that only large |tree limbs were downed. From this point, the tornado likely moved |out over the oceanside as a waterspout into Hawk Channel, southwest |of the oceanside entrance to Tavernier Creek.
June 2013LightningKey Colony Beach$2,500Two lightning strikes occurred to the Bonefish Towers complex in the Coco Plum section of the city of Marathon. The first bolt was observed to strike a small grouping of palm trees, which were set on fire. The local fire department extinguished the fire. A second strike to the main rooftop dryer vent melted the aluminum framing around dryer lint screens on the 4th, 7th, 8th and 9th floors along the southeast corner of the condominum tower. Laundry rooms exist on all floors of the condominium except the 14th floor penthouse.
June 2007Tornado (EF0)Marathon$2,500A large nonsupercell waterspout made landfall as a tornado on Palm Island, a private resort community. Trees were damaged, along with air conditioning units torn off a commercial structure, and outdoor furniture tossed throughout the resort and into the water. The tornado crossed back into the water, and made a second landfall just west of the Seven Mile Grille Restaurant on the Florida Bay side of Vaca Key. There, only medium sized tree limbs were damaged. Peak damage rating was confirmed as EF0. The tornado dissipated as a weakening swirl across US Highway 1.
March 1989Tornado (F0)not stated$2,500no account filed
August 1976Tornado (F0)not stated$2,500no account filed
September 1972Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500no account filed
May 1970Tornadonot stated$2,500no account filed

Mines and quarries

17 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 17 workings inside this county. 15 still produce and 2 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Limestone, General9
Stone, Crushed/Broken8

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Pine Key QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Big Pine QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Grassy Key PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Long Key Rock PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Monroe Pit 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
No Name Lake PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rockland Key QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tavernier PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Frank Keevan and Sons - Summerland Key MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Keystone Products - Noel MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Pinewood Materials - No Name KeyLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Tarmac-Florida - Big Pine KeyLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Tarmac-Florida - Cudjoe KeyLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Tarmac-Florida - Rockland KeyLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Upper Keys Marine Constr. - Blue Waters PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Upper Keys Marine Constr. - Long Key PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Upper Keys Marine Constr. - Noel PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every populated place in the county

50

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Monroe County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.