BlockFlamingo, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Cape Sable census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33034. It lies near Joe Kemp Key. The Survey maps it on the Flamingo quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1988The 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.
On record in Flamingo
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 1 record
Mud Lake CanalNational Historic Landmark · listed 2006
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Flamingo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Homestead quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Flamingo between 1994 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Everglades National Park | FLAMINGO CAMP |
| 31 July 2012 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Everglades National Park | COOT BAY FOUND OUT |
| 27 June 2018 | Natural | 17 acres | Everglades National Park | COOT BAY |
| 6 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Everglades National Park | CIRCLE FIRE |
| 7 March 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Everglades National Park | FLAMINGO C |
| 5 March 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Everglades National Park | BUTTONWOOD |
| 26 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Everglades National Park | SNAKEBITETRAIL |
| 15 February 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Everglades National Park | FLAMGRILLE |
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flamingo in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 1999: 3 waterspout, 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Flamingo | - | 1/2 mile south of flamingo |
| May 1998 | Waterspout | Flamingo | - | Pilot reported 5-8nm SW of Cape Sable. Shower movement was to the northeast at 5 to 10 knots. |
| August 1997 | Waterspout | Flamingo | - | reported by park ranger near rabbit key. |
| October 1997 | Waterspout | Flamingo | - | observed 7nm w of shark river inlet. |
| May 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Flamingo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Islamorada | 21.8 miles | 5 | |
| Matecumbe | 21.8 miles | 5 | |
| Lower Matecumbe Beach | 22.5 miles | 3 | |
| Plantation Key | 22.7 miles | 4 | |
| Plantation Key Colony | 22.7 miles | 4 | |
| Layton | 22.7 miles | 3 | |
| Craig (historical) | 22.7 miles | 3 | |
| Plantation | 22.8 miles | 4 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 282549. 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.
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.