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.
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:
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 South Miami NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS South Miami NW quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS South Miami NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS South Miami NW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
282 since 1992Regional 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 maintenance | 77 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RAILROAD (13) |
| 21 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TAMIAMI WEST (13) |
| 14 September 2015 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | SUB STATION (13) |
| 30 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | CAIN FIRE |
| 22 August 2009 | Natural | 150 acres | Florida Forest Service | BOWIE FIRE |
| 22 August 2009 | Natural | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | TALL GRASS FIRE |
| 21 August 2002 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dade County Quarry & Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Pit 12 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Richmond 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kendale Lakes | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| The Hammocks | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lindgren Acres | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| The Crossings | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Three Lakes | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Westwood Lake | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Sunset | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Country Walk | 4.0 miles | 16 |
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 Q122588580 | 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 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.







