Leisure City, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Homestead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33033. The Survey maps it on the Homestead quadrangle. 26,324 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1950 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1950 against another survey:
On record in Leisure City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Coral Castlelisted 1984 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresLeisure City grew from 22,152 to 26,324 between 2000 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 22,152 | |
| 2010 | 22,655 | +503 (+2%) |
| 2020 | 26,324 | +3,669 (+16%) |
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.
- 1950 USGS Homestead quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Homestead quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Homestead quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Homestead quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Homestead quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
497 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 497 fires within 5 miles of Leisure City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22,482 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 160 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/incendiarism | 160 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 117 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 101 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BASE (13) |
| 29 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Florida Forest Service | SUNDAY MIDNIGHT FIRE ( 13 ) |
| 28 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WESTERN (13) |
| 23 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MOODY PLAINS ( 13) |
| 18 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | THE MORNING - (13) |
| 11 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CONCRETE PILE (13) |
| 3 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SEMINOLE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Leisure City: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cutler Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Florida Rock & Sand Co. (Cutler Pit Quarry) | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Naranja Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| The Redland Company, Inc. - Kesgate | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
11 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leisure City in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leisure City | $10,000 | Law enforcement reports of large trees down from wind gusts around SE 27th Drive in Homestead. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Leisure City | $5,000 | AN off-duty NWS employee reported street flooding, including water halfway up driveways, in the Keys Gate development area. The nearest intersection was SW 152nd Avenue and SW 328th street. 5 to 7 inches of rain were measured at nearby sites between Noon and 430 PM. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Leisure City | - | Social media report of quarter sized hail ongoing for 15 minutes near the intersection of Campbell Drive and SW 137th Avenue in Homestead. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Leisure City | - | A member of the public in Leisure City reported hail to the size of quarter dollars covering his yard. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Leisure City | - | A brief tornado touched down in the Homestead area. Minor tree and property damage occurred during a path from the 15900 block of SW 296th street north to US-1 near SW 290th Street. Minor property and tree damage occurred around 8 PM EDT at a residence on SW 296th Street. Tree damage continued in the Redland Migrant Center. Finally, behind a car rental facility on US-1 there was minor aluminum damage to a carport. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Leisure City | - | An off-duty NWS employee reported dime size hail near exit 2 of the Florida Turnpike. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Leisure City | - | A member of the public reported quarter-sized hail in Leisure City near the intersection of SW 288th Street and the Florida Turnpike. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leisure City | - | Trees down on median along SW 137 Ave near SW 304 ST. |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Leisure City | - | The weather observer at Homestead Air Reserve Base (KHST) reported a funnel cloud approximately 3 to 5 miles to the southwest. Movement was to the northeast along a gust front and the funnel cloud dissipated near the base. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leisure City | - | A home antenna was blown down in Homestead with the passing severe thunderstorm. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leisure City | - | Unspecified wind damage near Homestead/Miami Speedway in Homestead. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modello | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Naranja | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Princetonian Park | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Homestead | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Princeton | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Silver Palm | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Redland | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Florida City | 4.2 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.
| Wikipedia article on Leisure City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2443522 | 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 285449. 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.
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.







