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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.

Aladdin City within Miami-Dade County

Then and now

1949 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Aladdin City, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Aladdin City, surveyed 1949

Compare 1949 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

670 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism240
Railroad operations and maintenance136
Equipment and vehicle use123
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Debris and open burning44
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural12
Smoking9
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.1 acresEverglades National Park197/184 DOF
24 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDJ FIRE
21 September 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRAILROAD (13)
21 September 2011Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTAMIAMI WEST (13)
2 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBANANA (13)
13 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresEverglades National Park172/168 DOF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Eureka PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Naranja Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miami-Dade County

Storms near this place

11 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2013LightningAladdin City1 killed, 2 hurtThree 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 2023Tornado (EF0)Aladdin City1 hurt, $50,000A 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 2022Thunderstorm WindAladdin City-NWS RAWS site CHKF1 in Chekika registered a peak wind gust of 58 mph with a thunderstorm moving through the area.
May 2022HailAladdin 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 2020Tornado (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 2017Funnel CloudAladdin City-An observer at Miami Executive Airport (KTMB) reported a funnel cloud 6 miles west of the airport.
March 2016HailAladdin 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 2016HailAladdin 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 2013HailAladdin City-Media reported nickel sized hail in the Redlands area.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindAladdin 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 2011HailAladdin 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.

Every storm recorded in Miami-Dade County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Silver Palm1.5 miles16
Silver Palm Place1.8 miles16
Vehlin2.2 miles16
Lindgren2.4 miles16
Inlikita2.7 miles16
Princeton3.3 miles16
Redland3.5 miles16
Goulds3.9 miles16

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.