Coopertown, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Everglades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33194. The Survey maps it on the Coopertown quadrangle.

Coopertown within Miami-Dade County

Then and now

1956 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Coopertown, surveyed 1988

Topographic sheet of Coopertown, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Coopertown quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Coopertown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 19,420 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 7 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
Natural	34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Arson/incendiarism	7
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Debris and open burning	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
14 September 2015	Natural	1.7 acres	Everglades National Park	MITCHELL
14 September 2015	Natural	under an acre	Everglades National Park	BLUE SHANTY
29 August 2004	Natural	34 acres	Everglades National Park	FOUNDOUT4
29 August 2004	Natural	164 acres	Everglades National Park	FOUNDOUT3
29 August 2004	Natural	2,134 acres	Everglades National Park	COOPERETOW
24 August 2003	Natural	9.0 acres	Everglades National Park	TOWER
20 August 2002	Natural	19 acres	Everglades National Park	NATRLOUT04
20 August 2002	Natural	170 acres	Everglades National Park	8TOWERS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Frog City

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Coopertown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
	Rinker Materials - Krome Quarry	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone

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
Frog City	2.0 miles	9
Tamiami	8.6 miles	12
The Hammocks	8.7 miles	16
Kendall Lakes	8.8 miles	16
Kendale Lakes	8.9 miles	16
Sweetwater	10.0 miles	14
Westwood Lake	10.2 miles	14
University Park	10.3 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294722. 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.