Glenwood Heights, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Miami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33142. The Survey maps it on the Miami 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 Miami quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Miami quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Miami quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Glenwood Heights between 1992 and 2017, burning about 60 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 April 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 April 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GOLF COURSE ( 06 ) |
| 14 March 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 February 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 December 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SOLO ATLANTIC FLIGHT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Glenwood Heights: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaconda Aluminum/ Miami, Fla. | Aluminum, Titanium | Plant | ||
| Dade Pit No. 12 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dade Quarry No. 8 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| General Fill Pit No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lsf Pennsuco Aggregates | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Red Road Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Scl Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladeview | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Brownsville | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Westgate | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Liberty Square | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Allapattah | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Sun-Tan Village | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| West Little River | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Edison Center | 1.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 283121. 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.







