BlockCoral Gables, 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 33146. The Survey maps it on the South Miami quadrangle. 49,248 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 92 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1950 to 1994The 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.
Compare 1950 against another survey:
On record in Coral Gables
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 12 of 13 shown
Miami-Biltmore HotelNational Historic Landmark · listed 1972
Coco Plum Woman's Clublisted 2005
Coral Gables City Halllisted 1974
Coral Gables Congregational Churchlisted 1978
Coral Gables Elementary Schoollisted 1988
Coral Gables Police and Fire Stationlisted 1984
Coral Gables Woman's Clublisted 1990
Douglas Entrancelisted 1972
Entrance to Central Miamilisted 1989
MacFarlane Homestead Historic Districtlisted 1994
Venetian Poollisted 1981- Cla-Reina Hotellisted 2020
Population over time
2 figuresCoral Gables grew from 46,780 to 49,248 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 46,780 | |
| 2020 | 49,248 | +2,468 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1950 USGS South Miami quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS South Miami quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS South Miami quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS South Miami quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Coral Gables between 1992 and 2018, burning about 56 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 | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 June 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SUNSET (13) |
| 8 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 May 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 April 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 April 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | 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:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Coral Gables: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coral Gables in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 lightning, 1 waterspout. The reports record 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2007 | Lightning | Coral Gables | 3 hurt | Three roofers working atop a home in Coral Gables were struck by lightning. The three men were knocked unconscious by the lightning bolt, but regained consciousness by the time they were transported to the hospital. |
| November 2009 | Heavy Rain | Coral Gables | $75,000 | The roof of a condominium complex at 3531 SW 10 Street collapsed during heavy early morning rain, causing water to enter all 24 units. The roof had been under repair but was not covered when the heavy rain occurred.||Rainfall amounts in the area were generally in the 2 to 3 inch range throughout the event. |
| July 2007 | Lightning | Coral Gables | $30,000 | A home on SW 13th Street in the Little Gables area was struck by |lightning. The bolt struck a tree before hitting the house, scattering pieces of the roof across the street. |
| August 2007 | Lightning | Coral Gables | $10,000 | Coral Gables Police reported a house fire off Old Cutler Road caused by a lightning strike. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coral Gables | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coral Gables | $5,000 | Numerous trees were blown down and damage was done to a tennis court wind protector. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coral Gables | $2,000 | Amateur radio reports indicate trees down and construction debris around SW 9th Street and SW 36th Court in Miami. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coral Gables | $1,000 | Concrete tables blown over on University of Miami campus. Several chairs blown over and ripped apart. |
| August 2019 | Flood | Coral Gables | - | Picture received via social media of a flooded intersection at 18th Court and Flagler Street in Miami. Water was reportedly more than a foot deep. Nearby automated rain gauges measured 2.5 to almost 3 inches of rain in only an hour. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Coral Gables | - | A trained spotter reported penny size hail in Coral Gables. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Coral Gables | - | Half inch to nickel size hail reported along Palmetto Expressway between Tamiami Trail and Bird Road. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coral Gables | - | Reported in Coral Gables. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coral Gables | - | Trained spotter reported small to medium size tree branches broken. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Coral Gables | - | A SKYWARN spotter saw quarter-size hail. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coral Gables | - | A SKYWARN spotter reported a large tree blown down. |
| August 2001 | Waterspout | Coral Gables | - | A boater sighted a waterspout in Biscayne Bay just offshore Gables-by-the Sea. |
| January 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coral Gables | - | uprooted trees along .5 mile swath near 8000 block of old cutler rd. |
| September 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coral Gables | - | Wind gusts of 58 mph observed during a thunderstorm at the NHC. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Coral Gables | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coconut Grove | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Sunrise Harbor | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| South Miami | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| South Bay Estates | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Ocean View Heights | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Ludlam | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Gables Estates | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| The Pines | 2.2 miles | 16 |
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 Coral Gables | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q427559 | 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 280801. 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.