Goulds, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Princeton-Goulds census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33170. The Survey maps it on the Goulds quadrangle. 11,446 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.
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:
On record in Goulds
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
William Anderson General Merchandise Storelisted 1977
Silver Palm Schoolhouselisted 1987
Population over time
2 figuresGoulds grew from 10,103 to 11,446 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10,103 | |
| 2020 | 11,446 | +1,343 (+13%) |
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.
- 1949 USGS Goulds quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Goulds quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Goulds quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Goulds quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
579 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 579 fires within 5 miles of Goulds between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,813 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 199 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 | 199 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 142 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 101 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 61 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BASE (13) |
| 4 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WESTERN (13) |
| 26 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ISLAND FIRE #2 |
| 25 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | THE ISLAND FIRE |
| 24 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Goulds: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Rock & Sand Co. (Cutler Pit Quarry) | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Eureka Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Naranja Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Perrine Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pit 12 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goulds in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 1 waterspout, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2011 | Flash Flood | Goulds | $100,000 | Severe flooding occurred over large parts of eastern metro Miami-Dade County beginning during the evening hours of October 30th and continuing well into the next day. The area of heavy rain began over southern sections of the flood area, including Cutler Bay, Palmetto Bay and Key Biscayne around 830 PM EDT and spread north to the Pinecrest, Coral Gables and Coconut Grove areas around 10 PM EDT, and from city of Miami to North Bay Village shortly after midnight. Numerous roads were under deep water and reports of dozens of homes with water intrusion were received across this entire area. ||Rainfall amounts were in the 6 to 10 inch range across this area, virtually all of it falling in less than 12 hours. Highest rainfall estimates were in Coconut Grove where up to 12 inches or more may have fallen, causing water to pond to as high as 4 feet in a few areas. A Coral Gables PD official deemed this to be the most flooding he's ever seen in the area. The western half of Key Biscayne was under water. |
| May 2022 | Lightning | Goulds | $5,000 | Lightning struck the roof of a home in the 22600 block of SW 109 Court in Princeton. A patch of about 75-100 barrel tiles at the tip of the roof were broken off by the lightning strike. A fire was sparked but was put out by firefighters before any additional damage could occur. |
| August 1996 | Waterspout | Goulds | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| South Allapattah | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cutler Ridge | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Princetonian Park | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| South Miami Heights | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Cutler Bay | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Vehlin | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Franjo | 2.7 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Goulds | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2443480 | 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 283239. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







