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Florida City, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Homestead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33034. The Survey maps it on the Homestead quadrangle. 13,085 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.

Florida City within Miami-Dade County

Then and now

1950 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Florida City, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Florida City, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

On record in Florida City

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

Population over time

2 figures

Florida City grew from 11,245 to 13,085 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.

YearPeople Change
201011,245
202013,085+1,840 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

564 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 564 fires within 5 miles of Florida City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 35,292 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 191 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/incendiarism191
Equipment and vehicle use141
Railroad operations and maintenance92
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Debris and open burning26
Natural24
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Recreation and ceremony16
Smoking5
Fireworks2

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
29 September 2013Arson/incendiarism75 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSUNDAY MIDNIGHT FIRE ( 13 )
18 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceTHE MORNING - (13)
17 September 2011Smoking2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROUND HOUSE (13)
11 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCONCRETE PILE (13)
3 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSEMINOLE FIRE
22 August 2010Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePOLE FIRE
20 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2005Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTIRE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Florida City: 4 producers. All of them 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
Card Sound PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cutler PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Florida Rock and Sand - Card SoundLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
The Redland Company, Inc. - KesgateLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Miami-Dade County

Storms near this place

12 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Florida City in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 4 funnel cloud, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash 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
October 2024Tornado (EF1)Florida City-A cluster of small supercells in Florida City and Homestead produced a brief tornado that was able to attain EF-1 intensity with estimated maximum winds of 87 mph. While the tornado never produced a tornadic debris signature, it did have a couple instances of gate to gate rotation. The tornado had a non-continuous damage path length of 2.93 miles with a maximum width of 75 yards. Most of the damage was characterized by light fence, tree, or yard damage. The worst damage was in Florida City, where several trees were reported down. Damage amount is estimated.
September 2018Funnel CloudFlorida City-A funnel cloud was spotted about halfway to the ground near US 1 about 2 miles south of Florida City.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindFlorida City-Homestead PD reported multiple power outages across Florida City and Homestead, likely due to downed power lines. Additional reports were received from the Miami Herald that around 967 customers were out of power in the Homestead and Florida City areas.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindFlorida City-Police report of several trees down along Card Sound Road. Report relayed by NWS Key West. Time estimate based on radar.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindFlorida City-Large branches were blown down and tents were blown away at a campground in Everglades National Park.
September 1998Flash FloodFlorida City-The ground was well saturated from previous days rain. Radar rainfall estimated amounts ranging from 4 to 8 inches. Homestead Airforce Base recorded 4.75 inches. At least eight homes were flooded with about 6 inches of water. Widespread street flooding was also reported.
April 1998WildfireFlorida City-700 acre brush fire along Card Sound road.
July 1998WaterspoutFlorida City-Waterspout observed by Everglades National Park ranger offshore Turkey Point.
June 1997Funnel CloudFlorida City-funnel observed near card sound road.
August 1997Funnel CloudFlorida City-numerous reports of funnel clouds about 2nm s of florida city. one report of six different funnels.
May 1999Funnel CloudFlorida City-no account filed
June 1996Tornado (F0)Florida City-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
Gateway Estates0.6 miles16
Gateway West0.7 miles16
Homestead1.4 miles16
Leisure City4.2 miles16
Modello4.2 miles16
Redland5.6 miles16
Naranja5.7 miles16
Silver Palm Place7.0 miles16

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 Florida CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2153459The 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 282605. 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.