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Golden Shores, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Miami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33180. It lies near South Island. The Survey maps it on the North Miami quadrangle.

Golden Shores within Miami-Dade County

Then and now

1947 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 47 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Golden Shores, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Golden Shores, surveyed 1947

Compare 1947 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Golden Shores between 1992 and 2018, burning about 26 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 maintenance5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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
30 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOLETA (13)
24 April 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 April 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOLETA
2 March 2018Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBANJO (13)
15 March 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 February 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFIU (13)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Golden Shores: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Hollywood Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Big Cypress PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Main QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Monarch QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Snake Creek 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
Aventura0.5 miles15
Ojus0.6 miles15
Sun Haven of Aventura0.7 miles15
Sunny Isles Beach0.9 miles8
Eastern Shores1.1 miles15
Golden Beach1.4 miles8
North Miami Beach1.6 miles15
Highland Lakes1.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2078233. 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.