Malabar, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Malabar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32950. The Survey maps it on the Melbourne East quadrangle. 2,949 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Then and now
1949 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresMalabar grew from 2,757 to 2,949 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,757 | |
| 2020 | 2,949 | +192 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Melbourne East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Melbourne East quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Cape Canaveral quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
158 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Malabar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,352 acres in total. 50 started naturally. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 50 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | T-BONE (05) |
| 4 August 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2001 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2015 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RAMBLEBROOK (05) |
| 23 August 2006 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CABBAGE PALM (5) |
| 22 August 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | HENDERSON (5) |
| 20 August 2012 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | HIDE AWAY (05) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Malabar: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumterville Lime Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malabar in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Malabar | $30,000 | Three homes received minor flood damage as four to six inches of rain fell in the Malabar area. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Malabar | - | Quarter size hail near Grandeur St and Emerson Dr SE in Palm Bay. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malabar | - | Reports of large tree branch from an oak tree falling on roof of a home on Grandeur St in Palm Bay. Time estimated by radar. |
| January 1998 | Hail | Malabar | - | Golf ball size hail fell in Malabar. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Malabar | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Malabar | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Bay | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Valkaria | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Melbourne Shores | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Grant-Valkaria | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Melbourne Beach | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Floridana Beach | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Grant | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Indialantic | 5.9 miles | 13 |
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 Malabar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1022772 | 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 286324. 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.






