Holiday Acres, 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 33012. The Survey maps it on the Hialeah quadrangle.
Then and now
1950 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1950 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1950 USGS Hialeah quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hialeah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Hialeah quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Hialeah quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Holiday Acres between 1992 and 2018, burning about 447 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 June 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 May 2007 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | TITAN COMMAND |
| 24 May 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | DIE HARD FIRE |
| 16 May 2000 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 May 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MEDLEY FIRE |
| 12 May 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Holiday Acres: 11 producers, 3 past producers, 2 plants. 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21st Century Rock and Fill - Number 11 | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Vulcan Materials - Medley Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Black Velvet Top Soil | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dade Pit No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| General Fill Pit No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lehigh Lakes | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lsf Pennsuco Aggregates | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Medley Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Medley Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Medley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medley | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Hialeah Estates | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hialeah Gardens | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Palm Springs | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hialeah | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Miami Springs | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Palm Springs Estates | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Virginia Gardens | 2.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2078192. 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.







