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.
Then and now
1949 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1949 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1949 USGS Perrine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Perrine quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Perrine quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Perrine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
418 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 146 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 106 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 65 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ISLAND FIRE #2 |
| 25 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | THE ISLAND FIRE |
| 18 September 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FIRE |
| 1 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FIELD (13) |
| 8 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | LAKE BY THE BAY (13) |
| 31 August 1994 | 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
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Rock & Sand Co. (Cutler Pit Quarry) | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Eureka Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kendall Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Perrine Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pit 12 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Richmond Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler Ridge | $5,000 | A 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler Ridge | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler Ridge | $2,000 | Videos from broadcast media showed lanai destroyed and gutters removed surrounding lanai in a residential area in Cutler Bay near SW 222nd terrace. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Cutler Ridge | $2,000 | sw 215 th/coral sea dr...small branches tossed about, awnings bent. |
| June 2022 | Flood | Cutler 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 2022 | Flash Flood | Cutler 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 2021 | Flood | Cutler 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler Ridge | - | Rainfall spotter in the Saga Bay section of Cutler Bay recorded a 68 mph wind gust. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Cutler Ridge | - | From Saga Bay...also reported g47 knots and 1.17 inches of rainfall. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Cutler Ridge | - | Also reported g50 knots. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler Ridge | - | Large Oak tree and Black Olive tree blown over on SW 168th ST and US1. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler Ridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Heavy Rain | Cutler Ridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler Ridge | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Cutler Ridge | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Cutler Ridge | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler Ridge | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Cutler Ridge | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Cutler Ridge | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler Ridge | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Cutler Ridge | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler Ridge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutler Bay | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Franjo | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lakes by the Bay | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Peters | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Saga Bay | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Perrine | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| West Perrine | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| East Perrine | 2.0 miles | 17 |
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 Q17400769 | 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 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.







