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Lakewood Estates, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Miami Gardens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33056. The Survey maps it on the Opa-locka quadrangle.

Lakewood Estates within Miami-Dade County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lakewood Estates, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Lakewood Estates, surveyed 1949

Compare 1949 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Lakewood Estates between 1992 and 2019, burning about 284 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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/incendiarism9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
17 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFIREWORKS (6)
17 July 1992Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 May 1994Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 May 2003Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE SILO FIRE
26 May 1993Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceENGINE 89 FIRE

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 Lakewood Estates: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A.J. Capeletti - No. 3 PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Broward Pit No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit No. 6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Lake Lucerne0.8 miles15
Miami Gardens1.9 miles15
Carol City2.0 miles15
Royal Country2.1 miles15
Scott Lake2.2 miles15
Andover2.3 miles15
Andover Golf Estates2.5 miles15
Norland2.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305129. 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.