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Kendall Lakes, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Kendale Lakes-Tamiami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33183. The Survey maps it on the South Miami NW quadrangle.

Kendall Lakes within Miami-Dade County

Then and now

1949 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Kendall Lakes, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Kendall Lakes, surveyed 1949

Compare 1949 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

282 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 282 fires within 5 miles of Kendall Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,995 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 58 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 maintenance77
Arson/incendiarism58
Equipment and vehicle use57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning22
Natural15
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
24 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRAILROAD (13)
21 September 2011Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTAMIAMI WEST (13)
14 September 2015Natural30 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSUB STATION (13)
30 August 2007Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCAIN FIRE
22 August 2009Natural150 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBOWIE FIRE
22 August 2009Natural60 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTALL GRASS FIRE
21 August 2002Natural3.0 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kendall Lakes: 2 producers, 1 plant. All of them 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
Dade County Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
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
Kendale Lakes1.4 miles16
The Hammocks1.8 miles16
Lindgren Acres1.8 miles16
The Crossings1.8 miles16
Three Lakes3.6 miles16
Westwood Lake3.7 miles14
Sunset3.8 miles14
Country Walk4.0 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122588580The 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 301149. 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.