BlockBefore

Gables by the Sea, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Kendall-Palmetto Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33156. The Survey maps it on the South Miami quadrangle.

Gables by the Sea 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 Gables by the Sea, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Gables by the Sea, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Gables by the Sea between 1992 and 2018, burning about 388 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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
13 July 1994Misuse of fire by a minor20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 2011Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCORAL REEF (13)
12 July 1994Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 June 2015Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDEERING PRESERVE (13)
14 June 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSUNSET (13)
12 June 1998Arson/incendiarism15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 May 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gables by the Sea: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kendall Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working 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
Deering Bay1.1 miles14
Kings Bay1.6 miles14
Pinecrest2.0 miles14
Suniland2.5 miles14
Kendall3.0 miles14
Gables Estates3.0 miles14
Cutler3.0 miles17
Howard3.1 miles14

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 Q122595828The 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 297298. 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.