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Hialeah, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hialeah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33013. The Survey maps it on the Hialeah quadrangle. 223,109 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7 feet above sea level.

Hialeah 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 Hialeah, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Hialeah, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

On record in Hialeah

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

Population over time

2 figures

Hialeah fell from 224,669 to 223,109 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.

YearPeople Change
2010224,669
2020223,109-1,560 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Hialeah between 1992 and 2018, burning about 160 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Fireworks1

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
29 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDIE HARD FIRE
14 May 2009Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMEDLEY FIRE
12 May 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 May 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 April 1998Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 April 1999Equipment and vehicle use20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Hialeah: 8 producers, 3 past producers, 2 plants. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, 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
21st Century Rock and Fill - Number 11Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Anaconda Aluminum/ Miami, Fla.Aluminum, TitaniumPlant
Black Velvet Top SoilStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dade Pit No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
General Fill Pit No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lehigh LakesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lsf Pennsuco AggregatesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Medley MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Medley PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Medley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Miami-Dade County

Storms near this place

36 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hialeah in 36 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 13 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 4 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2008Tornado (EF1)Hialeah$150,000A thunderstorm produced an EF1 Tornado with the highest estimated wind speeds near 90 MPH. The tornado began at West 22nd Street just west of West 1st Avenue where vehicles were moved and flipped at a tow yard. Roof damage occurred to at least five separate apartment complexes, with the worst damage between 22nd and 24th streets, but 8 structures were damaged overall. The tornado lifted at West 28th Street between Palm Avenue and West 1 Avenue.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindHialeah$50,000no account filed
October 2000Tornado (F1)Hialeah$20,000A tornado touched down near 41st Street and E 8th Avenue, moved north northwest, then lifted near 46th Street and E 6th Avenue. The roof of Hialeah Fire Department Station No. 2 was damaged with debris falling onto vehicles. Other damage occurred to signs and traffic signals with some trees uprooted and numerous large branches blown down.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindHialeah$10,000Multiple traffic signals were blown down.
August 2004Heavy RainHialeah$10,000Three to five inches of rain fell in a three-hour period causing a house roof to collapse in Hialeah. Streets in Kendall were flooded and county-wide power was out to 20,000 customers.
February 2010Thunderstorm WindHialeah$5,000Strong winds affected the city of Hialeah. A light post was knocked down along with a few small trees in the southern section of the city near Palm Avenue and Okeechobee Road.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindHialeah$5,000A car was overturned at a dealership.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindHialeah$5,000Tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
May 2022Flash FloodHialeah-Reports relayed via broadcast media and social media of significant flooding in Hialeah. Water covered multiple lanes of the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) near W 49th Street, rising to the base of vehicles. Water also rose to the base of an SUV's door in a nearby residential street, with water over 6 inches deep on the street. Measured rainfall in the area was between 3-5 inches, most of it falling in 2 hours or less.
June 2021FloodHialeah-Reports and videos from the public on social media of flooded roads near NW 62nd Street east of I-95 in the Liberty City/Edison area of Miami and NW 40th Street and NW 31st Ave near Miami International Airport. Precipitation analyses indicate near 3 inches of rain fell in this area.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindHialeah-Social media reported a large tree limb snapped and resting over adjacent fence in Hialeah.
July 2019FloodHialeah-Multiple reports from broadcast media of flooded roadways in Hialeah from heavy rainfall. Rainfall estimates were 2 to 3 inches in the area in a period of 1-2 hours.
May 2015HailHialeah-A photo shared via social media of at least quarter sized hail.
June 2012HailHialeah-A trained spotter reported penny sized hail in Hialeah near the intersection of West 42nd Street and Red Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHialeah-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust estimated at 60 mph at the Hialeah Park horse track. A few small trees estimated to be 8 to 9 feet tall were knocked down.
June 2010HailHialeah-Public reported power lines down and nickel sized hail in Hialeah.
June 2007HailHialeah-Reported at East 24th Street and 8th Avenue in Hialeah.
May 2006HailHialeah-Public reported hail up to golf ball size in the western section of Hialeah. Hail was covering the road on the Palmetto Expressway between NW 74 ST and NW 103 ST.
May 2006Heavy RainHialeah-Public measured 24-hour rain total of 7.61 inches at 5740 E 4 Ave in Hialeah.
May 2006HailHialeah-Golf ball size hail and trees down near intersection of the Palmetto Expressway and Okeechobee Road.
May 2006Heavy RainHialeah-Spotter measured 6.18 inches of rain since 230 PM EDT.
May 2006HailHialeah-Quarter size hail reported by off-duty NWS employee near the intersection of the Palmetto Expressway and Okeechobee Road.
June 2006Funnel CloudHialeah-Funnel cloud observed near Hialeah City Hall.
May 2005HailHialeah-A SKYWARN spotter observed penny-size hail.
August 2004HailHialeah-Three-quarter-inch hail was seen in Hialeah.
March 2003HailHialeah-Quarter-size hail fell.
May 2002Tornado (F0)Hialeah-The police reported a funnel cloud touching down west of SR 826 and 138 Street. No damage was reported.
July 2002HailHialeah-Dime-size hail was reported by a SKYWARN spotter.
August 2001Tornado (F0)Hialeah-A tornado touched down in Hialeah and moved south southwest before lifting in the west Doral area. The funnel was visible up to 10 miles away and was photographed by numerous people and the media. No damage was observed along its path. Another small funnel cloud also formed from the parent thunderstorm.
June 2000Tornado (F0)Hialeah-A trained SKYWARN spotter reported a tornado in Hialeah.
October 2000Thunderstorm WindHialeah-A SKYWARN spotter reported wind gusts of 55 to 60 mph.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindHialeah-no account filed
November 2003Heavy RainHialeah-no account filed
March 1999Funnel CloudHialeah-no account filed
May 1999HailHialeah-no account filed
May 1999HailHialeah-no account filed

Every storm 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
Hialeah Estates0.7 miles14
Palm Springs1.4 miles14
Holiday Acres1.9 miles14
Westgate1.9 miles14
Sun-Tan Village2.0 miles14
West Little River2.2 miles16
Palm Springs Estates2.3 miles15
Miami Springs2.5 miles14

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 HialeahAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q49276The 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 305059. 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.