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Allapattah, Florida

16 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 33142. The Survey maps it on the Miami quadrangle.

Allapattah 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 Allapattah, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Allapattah, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 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

3 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Allapattah between 1994 and 2017, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/incendiarism3

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
16 April 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGOLF COURSE ( 06 )
5 November 1994Arson/incendiarism10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 January 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Allapattah: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Titanium. 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
Anaconda Aluminum/ Miami, Fla.Aluminum, TitaniumPlant
Dade Pit No. 12Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dade Quarry No. 8Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
General Fill Pit No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lsf Pennsuco AggregatesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Red Road Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Scl QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Miami-Dade County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allapattah in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2008: 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
July 2008HailAllapattah-Nickel sized hail was reported at the intersection of NW 27th Ave and 20th street in Miami.
June 2007HailAllapattah-Estimated golf ball size hail near NW 20 Street and NW 22 Avenue in the Alapattah neighborhood of Miami.
June 2007HailAllapattah-Nickel to quarter size hail reported at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

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
Brownsville1.0 miles16
Liberty Square1.2 miles16
Glenwood Heights1.3 miles16
Buena Vista1.7 miles16
Edison Center1.8 miles16
Gladeview1.8 miles16
Lemon City2.0 miles16
Westgate2.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 277753. 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.