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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.

Glenwood Heights 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 Glenwood Heights, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Glenwood Heights, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

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

13 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
31 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 April 1998Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 April 1999Equipment and vehicle use20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 April 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGOLF COURSE ( 06 )
14 March 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 February 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 February 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 December 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSOLO ATLANTIC FLIGHT FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anaconda Aluminum/ Miami, Fla.Aluminum, TitaniumPlant
Dade Pit No. 12Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dade Quarry No. 8Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
General Fill Pit No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lsf Pennsuco AggregatesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Red Road Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Scl QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Gladeview0.6 miles16
Brownsville0.7 miles16
Westgate0.9 miles14
Liberty Square1.1 miles16
Allapattah1.3 miles16
Sun-Tan Village1.5 miles14
West Little River1.8 miles16
Edison Center1.9 miles16

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.