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Cutler Ridge, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Princeton-Goulds census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33189. The Survey maps it on the Perrine quadrangle.

Cutler Ridge within Miami-Dade County

Then and now

1949 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cutler Ridge, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Cutler Ridge, surveyed 1949

Compare 1949 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

418 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 418 fires within 5 miles of Cutler Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,706 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 146 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/incendiarism146
Railroad operations and maintenance106
Equipment and vehicle use65
Misuse of fire by a minor47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural9
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
4 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceISLAND FIRE #2
25 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceTHE ISLAND FIRE
18 September 2006Natural25 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FIRE
1 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFIELD (13)
8 August 2017Arson/incendiarism10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLAKE BY THE BAY (13)
31 August 1994Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Cutler Ridge: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Florida Rock & Sand Co. (Cutler Pit Quarry)Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Eureka PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kendall Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Perrine Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pit 12Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Richmond QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Miami-Dade County

Storms near this place

23 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cutler Ridge in 23 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 2 flood. 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 2016Thunderstorm WindCutler Ridge$5,000A local official from Cutler Bay called to report several trees and a canopy blown down in a community park. The damage occurred as a thunderstorm passed through the neighborhood located along SW 200th street between Old Cutler Road and Cutler Ridge Park.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindCutler Ridge$5,000no account filed
April 2021Thunderstorm WindCutler Ridge$2,000Videos from broadcast media showed lanai destroyed and gutters removed surrounding lanai in a residential area in Cutler Bay near SW 222nd terrace.
July 1997Tornado (F0)Cutler Ridge$2,000sw 215 th/coral sea dr...small branches tossed about, awnings bent.
June 2022FloodCutler Ridge-Major flooding continued from rainfall of the past 3-4 days in the Saga Bay neighborhood of Cutler Bay. Many streets remained impassable, blocking off the neighborhood.||Total rainfall of 18-20 inches was observed in 4 days, from late on June 3rd through June 7th.
June 2022Flash FloodCutler Ridge-Public and media reports of significant street and neighborhood flooding in Cutler Bay, mainly along Old Cutler Road from SW 216 Street to SW 224 Street, as well as in Silver Palms near SW 232 Street and SW 112 Avenue. Cars were reported to be stranded and water reaching the upper part of car tires.||Observed rainfall was as high as 4 inches in this area, most of which fell in less than 2 hours and aggravated pre-existing flooding in the area from recent heavy rainfall.
June 2021FloodCutler Ridge-Social media reports of several inches of water covering the roadway and curbside in Cutler Bay, as well as in West Kendall in the area of The Hammocks and The Crossings. Vehicles are staying close to the median in order to pass through several area roadways. Several CoCoRaHS rainfall observations measured 3.5 to 4.5 inches of rain in less than 2 hours in these areas.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindCutler Ridge-Public estimated 65 mph winds in Cutler Bay. This wind may have been associated with a tornadic thunderstorm just offshore over Biscayne Bay.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindCutler Ridge-Rainfall spotter in the Saga Bay section of Cutler Bay recorded a 68 mph wind gust.
May 1998HailCutler Ridge-From Saga Bay...also reported g47 knots and 1.17 inches of rainfall.
May 1998HailCutler Ridge-Also reported g50 knots.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCutler Ridge-Large Oak tree and Black Olive tree blown over on SW 168th ST and US1.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCutler Ridge-no account filed
June 2005Heavy RainCutler Ridge-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCutler Ridge-no account filed
May 1999HailCutler Ridge-no account filed
May 1999HailCutler Ridge-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindCutler Ridge-no account filed
May 1999Funnel CloudCutler Ridge-no account filed
June 1999HailCutler Ridge-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCutler Ridge-no account filed
September 1998Funnel CloudCutler Ridge-no account filed
February 1998Thunderstorm WindCutler Ridge-no account filed

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
Cutler Bay0.5 miles17
Franjo0.6 miles17
Lakes by the Bay1.3 miles17
Peters1.3 miles17
Saga Bay1.5 miles17
Perrine1.7 miles17
West Perrine1.9 miles17
East Perrine2.0 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q17400769The 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 281185. 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.