Duck Key, Florida
4 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1971 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Middle Keys census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33050. It stands on Duck Key. The Survey maps it on the Grassy Key quadrangle. 727 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1971 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 18 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
3 figuresDuck Key grew from 443 to 727 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 443 | |
| 2010 | 621 | +178 (+40%) |
| 2020 | 727 | +106 (+17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 4 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.
- 1971 USGS Grassy Key quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Islamorada quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Key West quadrangle1:250000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Duck Key: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grassy Key Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duck Key in 23 storm reports between 1997 and 2007: 17 waterspout, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2007 | Heavy Rain | Duck Key | - | Retired Emergency Management Director reported 5.60 inches of rain at Duck Key. |
| July 2001 | Waterspout | Duck Key | - | Line of waterspouts producing 5 at one time reported 1-3 miles S of Duck Key. |
| June 2000 | Waterspout | Duck Key | - | Waterspout observed 3 miles south of Conch Key. |
| July 2000 | Waterspout | Duck Key | - | Large waterspout observed 1 miles south of Duck Key. |
| July 2000 | Waterspout | Duck Key | - | Waterspout observed 5 miles southwest of Duck Key. |
| July 2000 | Waterspout | Duck Key | - | Waterspout observed 1 mile south of DuckKey. |
| July 2000 | Waterspout | Duck Key | - | 5 waterspouts observed 4 miles north of Conch Key |
| August 2000 | Waterspout | Duck Key | - | Waterspout observed 1 1/2 miles northeast of Conch Key. |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Duck Key | - | Lightning struck a fishing boat damaging the electrical system. No damage amounts available. |
| August 2000 | Waterspout | Duck Key | - | Waterspout observed 1 miles south of Duck Key near larger waterspout. |
| August 2000 | Waterspout | Duck Key | - | Large waterspout observed 1 miles south of Duck Key. |
| August 1999 | Waterspout | Duck Key | - | 1 mile west of Duck Key |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duck Key | - | Reported from Conch Key just north of Duck Key. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duck Key | - | Sustained wind 50 KTS at 1740 EST...Sustained 65 KTS at 1745...Gust to 85 KTS at 1750 EST. |
| July 1997 | Waterspout | Duck Key | - | observed 3nm n duck key. |
| September 1997 | Waterspout | Duck Key | - | waterspout observed between duck key and conch key moving northwest...crossed road at walker island. |
| September 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Duck Key | - | watersout crossed road near walker island. |
| August 1997 | Waterspout | Duck Key | - | two waterspouts reported by monroe county e.m. near duck key. |
| August 1997 | Waterspout | Duck Key | - | observed 3-5 miles off duck key. |
| August 1998 | Waterspout | Duck Key | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Waterspout | Duck Key | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Waterspout | Duck Key | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duck Key | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conch Key | 1.8 miles | 4 | |
| Jolly Roger Travel Park | 2.0 miles | 4 | |
| Valhalla | 4.0 miles | 3 | |
| Layton | 6.4 miles | 3 | |
| Key Colony Beach | 6.6 miles | 5 | |
| Marathon Shores | 7.9 miles | 5 | |
| Craig (historical) | 9.4 miles | 3 | |
| Marathon | 10.2 miles | 5 |
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 Duck Key | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1263502 | 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 1853245. 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.
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.


