Gateway West, 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.
Then and now
1950 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1950 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1950 USGS Homestead quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Homestead quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Homestead quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Homestead quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Homestead quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
567 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 567 fires within 5 miles of Gateway West between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39,998 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 193 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 | 193 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 148 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 85 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Florida Forest Service | SUNDAY MIDNIGHT FIRE ( 13 ) |
| 22 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | THE MORNING - (13) |
| 17 September 2011 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROUND HOUSE (13) |
| 11 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CONCRETE PILE (13) |
| 8 August 2019 | Natural | 100 acres | Florida Forest Service | ONE TWENTY FOUR (13) |
| 6 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SEMINOLE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gateway West: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Card Sound Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cutler Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Florida Rock and Sand - Card Sound | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| The Redland Company, Inc. - Kesgate | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway Estates | 0.2 miles | 16 | |
| Florida City | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Homestead | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Leisure City | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Modello | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Redland | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Naranja | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Silver Palm Place | 7.7 miles | 16 |
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 Q122595947 | 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 2078358. 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.







