Aladdin City, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Princeton-Goulds census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33187. The Survey maps it on the Goulds quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1949 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1949 USGS Goulds quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Goulds quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Goulds quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Goulds quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
670 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 670 fires within 5 miles of Aladdin City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,760 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 240 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 240 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 136 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 123 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 36 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.1 acres | Everglades National Park | 197/184 DOF |
| 24 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DJ FIRE |
| 21 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RAILROAD (13) |
| 21 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TAMIAMI WEST (13) |
| 2 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BANANA (13) |
| 13 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Everglades National Park | 172/168 DOF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Aladdin City: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Naranja Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aladdin City in 11 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Lightning | Aladdin City | 1 killed, 2 hurt | Three people were struck by lightning at the 21000 block of 172nd Avenue. One person was killed. The three individuals had taken refuge under a tractor-trailer they were power-washing when lightning struck. |
| May 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Aladdin City | 1 hurt, $50,000 | A thunderstorm produced a short-lived EF-0 tornado in Redland, starting around|SW 192nd St before traveling south along SW 147th Ave until almost SW 200th St. Several trees were snapped and/or uprooted. A semi tractor trailer was knocked on its side by the tornado near SW 196th St and the driver was injured. Most of the winds along the brief damage path were estimated in the 55-65 mph range, with a peak estimate of 80 mph. Damage amounts are estimated. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aladdin City | - | NWS RAWS site CHKF1 in Chekika registered a peak wind gust of 58 mph with a thunderstorm moving through the area. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Aladdin City | - | Report received via Nextdoor of golf ball size hail in The Redland in the area of SW 187 Avenue and SW 190 Street. Broken tree branches were also reported. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Aladdin City | - | NWS storm survey team found damage consistent with an EF-1 tornado that developed around the Miami Everglades RV Resort and moved discontinuously northwest to near SW 197th Avenue and SW 156th Street. Several campers were tipped over at the Miami Everglades RV Resort, consistent with stronger winds around 90 mph per radar-based statistical model. The majority of the remaining damage was limited to trees and fencing starting east of Krome Avenue around SW 192nd Street. |
| July 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Aladdin City | - | An observer at Miami Executive Airport (KTMB) reported a funnel cloud 6 miles west of the airport. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Aladdin City | - | Several reports of dime to nickel sized hail were received from trained spotters and via the broadcast media with storms across southern Miami-Dade county, mainly in the Florida City and Redland areas. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Aladdin City | - | Dime size hail was reported in Redlands from a trained spotter. Estimated wind gust of 50 mph/43 knots were also reported in the area with small branches and palm fronds down. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Aladdin City | - | Media reported nickel sized hail in the Redlands area. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aladdin City | - | Mesonet located 3 miles north northwest of Naranja reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph. Broadcast media also relayed a report of a carport getting blown onto a residence in the same area. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Aladdin City | - | A member of the media relayed reports of dime to quarter-sized hail near the intersection of SW 154th Avenue and Eureka Drive/SW 184th Street. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Palm | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Silver Palm Place | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Vehlin | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Lindgren | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Inlikita | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Princeton | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Redland | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Goulds | 3.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 277717. 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.
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.







