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Key Biscayne, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Key Biscayne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33149. It stands on Key Biscayne. The Survey maps it on the Key Biscayne quadrangle. 14,809 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.

Key Biscayne within Miami-Dade County

Then and now

1947 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 47 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Key Biscayne, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Key Biscayne, surveyed 1947

Compare 1947 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Key Biscayne grew from 12,344 to 14,809 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
201012,344
202014,809+2,465 (+20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Key Biscayne between 2002 and 2015, burning about 9 acres in total. None 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
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 June 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceREEF FIRE
9 April 2006Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBEACH FIRE
8 April 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 April 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 April 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceKEY RATS FIRE
14 April 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDUFF FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Storms near this place

29 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Key Biscayne in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 12 waterspout, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. 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
September 2009LightningKey Biscayne1 killedA boater was standing in a 14-foot aluminum hull boat when a thunderstorm approached. The man was struck and killed. Two others were with him but in the water, and they were not injured.
June 2002LightningKey Biscayne3 hurt, $1,000Lightning struck a 23-foot boat in Biscayne Bay as it approached Crandon Park Marina. The lightning shattered a plexiglass windshield injuring the three persons aboard.
September 1998Tornado (F0)Key Biscayne$50,000Radar indicated tornadic signature was indicated offshore cutler ridge embedded in a spiral band of hurricane Georges. As the TVS passed near the Fowey Rocks C-MAN wind from 080 degrees gusting to 67 knots was recorded at 0813 pm est. The waterspout continued moving to the southwest and moved onshore near Old Cutler Road and SW 184th st. Most of the resulting damaged was downed powerlines and trees. Some damage was done to homes and automobiles as a result of the downed trees.
November 2001Tornado (F0)Key Biscayne$6,000A waterspout associated with an outer rain band of hurricane Michelle moved ashore near Bill Baggs Beach, destroyed two Chickee huts, then moved offshore into the Atlantic.
May 2020FloodKey Biscayne-An off duty NWS Employee reported significant flooding at the intersection of Mashta Drive and Allendale Road in Key Biscayne due to repeated rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the area.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindKey Biscayne-Numerous broken tree branches at Bill Baggs State Park on the southern tip of Key Biscayne. Many branches were several inches thick. Wind estimated at 60 mph based on level of damage as well as measured wind gust of 56 mph around the same time at WxFlow Biscayne Bay mesonet site XKBS about 2 miles to the southwest. Time is reasonably estimated based on radar data and the time of the Biscayne Bay observation.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindKey Biscayne-Multiple trees were blown over by thunderstorm wind at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park.
January 2016Thunderstorm WindKey Biscayne-Downed tree blocking the road along the 500 block of Ridgewood Road. Radar estimated winds in excess of 60 mph in the vicinity.
October 2015Heavy RainKey Biscayne-Fire rescue provided pictures that showed street flooding along West Enid Drive and Glenridge Road just east of the Key Biscayne K8 Center. Water was generally curb height with a few areas higher than curb.
July 2014Funnel CloudKey Biscayne-A member of the public reported a funnel cloud looking east from the intersection of SW 152nd St. and SW 79th Ave. Duration was 6 minutes with movement to the north. Report was received through social media.
March 2013HailKey Biscayne-A member of the public reported nickel-sized hail on Key Biscayne.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindKey Biscayne-A wind gust of 71 mph was recorded at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory on Virginia Key. ||Time is estimated based on radar and surrounding observations.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindKey Biscayne-A thunderstorm wind gust of 64 knots was measured at AOML. A sea grape tree was blown down on the Rickenbacker Causeway.
December 2002Thunderstorm WindKey Biscayne-A tree was blown down on Harbor Drive.
February 2000Tornado (F0)Key Biscayne-A waterspout moved ashore from the Atlantic onto the south end of Crandon Park beach. It caused no damage or injuries but the Beach Patrol evacuated their tower.
February 2000Funnel CloudKey Biscayne-A funnel cloud was sighted in the Atlantic about one mile offshore Crandon Park Beach.
July 2000WaterspoutKey Biscayne-Pilot reported a large waterspout in Biscayne Bay.
September 1998WaterspoutKey Biscayne-Waterspout was observed by park ranger near Soldier Key.
August 1998WaterspoutKey Biscayne-Waterspout touched down 4nm southeast of Virginia Key.
November 1997WaterspoutKey Biscayne-several waterspouts reported about 15 miles west of the northern biminis.
September 1997WaterspoutKey Biscayne-observed by miami beach patrol 3 to 5 miles east of virginia key...later reports of two waterspouts.
September 1997WaterspoutKey Biscayne-pilot reported just se of key biscayne.
June 2000Funnel CloudKey Biscayne-no account filed
August 2000WaterspoutKey Biscayne-no account filed
August 1999WaterspoutKey Biscayne-no account filed
June 1999WaterspoutKey Biscayne-no account filed
July 1997WaterspoutKey Biscayne-no account filed
September 1996WaterspoutKey Biscayne-no account filed
September 1996WaterspoutKey Biscayne-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
Brickell Hammock4.5 miles16
Sunrise Harbor4.6 miles16
Bay Heights4.8 miles16
Fisher Island4.8 miles16
The Roads4.8 miles16
Ocean View Heights5.0 miles16
Gables Estates5.1 miles14
Coconut Grove5.2 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 Key BiscayneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1650594The 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 285075. 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.

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.