Alameda, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Miami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33144. The Survey maps it on the Hialeah quadrangle.

Alameda within Miami-Dade County

Then and now

1950 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Alameda, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Alameda, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1950 USGS Hialeah quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Hialeah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Hialeah quadrangle1:24000
1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
1994 USGS Hialeah quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Alameda between 1992 and 2018, burning about 59 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Arson/incendiarism	4
Recreation and ceremony	1
Debris and open burning	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
12 August 2001	Misuse of fire by a minor	3.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
14 June 2011	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	SUNSET (13)
28 May 1994	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 April 2003	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
14 April 1998	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 March 2015	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	MART PLAZA (13)
14 February 2013	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	SUNSET ( 13 )
2 December 1992	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Alameda: 3 past producers. None of them 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Oolite Rock Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Red Road Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Tropical Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
West Miami	0.1 miles	14
Flagami	1.0 miles	14
Coral Terrace	1.3 miles	14
Westchester	1.7 miles	14
Ludlam	2.1 miles	14
Coral Way Village	2.1 miles	14
Fountainebleau	2.7 miles	14
Town Park Estates	2.9 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 277720. 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.