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Howard, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Kendall-Palmetto Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33176. The Survey maps it on the South Miami quadrangle.

Howard 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 Howard, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Howard, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Howard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,185 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 29 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 maintenance43
Arson/incendiarism29
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Equipment and vehicle use19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural5
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2006Natural25 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FIRE
21 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 August 2004Arson/incendiarism80 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCOASTIE FIRE
30 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2011Fireworks2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service168 CORNER (13)
28 July 1994Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Howard: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Kendall Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Perrine Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pit 12Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Richmond 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
Suniland1.0 miles14
Hawley Heights1.1 miles14
Rockdale1.3 miles14
Green-Mar Acres1.7 miles14
Palmetto Bay1.8 miles17
Kings Bay1.9 miles14
Pinecrest1.9 miles14
Richmond Heights2.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 284338. 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.