BlockGold Key, Florida
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Homestead census division. The Survey maps it on the Card Sound quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1949 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1949 USGS Card Sound quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Card Sound quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Homestead quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Card Sound quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Card Sound quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Gold Key between 2000 and 2012, burning about 1,527 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2004 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | CROCK FIRE |
| 12 July 2004 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | A DIFFERENT FIRE |
| 7 June 2004 | Natural | 500 acres | Florida Forest Service | THE STRIKE 2 FIRE |
| 9 May 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 May 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 820 |
| 11 May 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 290 acres | Florida Forest Service | THE MIDDLE FIRE |
| 6 March 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MONKEY JUNGLE (13) |
| 29 December 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 700 acres | Florida Forest Service | TURKEY POINT WEST (13) |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gold Key: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Redland Co. Inc. (Turkey Point, Fl. Power and Light) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutter Bank | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Islandia | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Sponge Rocks | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Gateway Estates | 10.1 miles | 16 | |
| Gateway West | 10.2 miles | 16 | |
| Florida City | 10.5 miles | 16 | |
| Homestead | 11.4 miles | 16 | |
| Leisure City | 11.5 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 Q122556138 | 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 297455. 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.