Carol City, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Miami Gardens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33056. The Survey maps it on the North Miami quadrangle. 61,233 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1947 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 47 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1947 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1947 USGS North Miami quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS North Miami quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS North Miami quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS North Miami quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS North Miami quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Carol City between 1992 and 2018, burning about 300 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FIREWORKS (6) |
| 6 May 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 May 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | THE SILO FIRE |
| 24 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | DIE HARD FIRE |
| 28 April 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Carol City: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.J. Capeletti - No. 3 Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Pit No. 6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Broward Pit No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dade Pit No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carol City in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2007: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Carol City | $20,000 | A squall line moved through southeast Florida and spawned a brief tornado near the intersection of Red Road and Honey Hill Road. The roof of a mobile home was torn off, fences were downed and a few trees were uprooted. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol City | - | Wind gust measured at St. Thomas University mesonet station. Several tree limbs blown down and a small tree was uprooted. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol City | - | Trees down near NW 42 Ave and NW 184 ST. Report relayed by CBS-4. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Carol City | - | Reported near NW 7 Ave and NW 186 St. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Carol City | - | Penny to quarter size hail reported near Miami Gardens Drive. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol City | - | A tree was blown down near 52nd Avenue. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol City | - | Tree down at Krome Ave and Okeechobee Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Gardens | 0.1 miles | 15 | |
| Scott Lake | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Bunche Park | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Lucerne | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Norland | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Lakewood Estates | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Andover Golf Estates | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Mitchell Lake Estates | 2.6 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Carol City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1012122 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305051. 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.








