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Medley, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the North Westside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33166. The Survey maps it on the Hialeah quadrangle. 1,056 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.

Medley within Miami-Dade County

Then and now

1950 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Medley, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Medley, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Medley grew from 838 to 1,056 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
2010838
20201,056+218 (+26%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Medley between 1992 and 2018, burning about 740 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 maintenance12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1

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
31 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 July 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSTATE PRISON (06)
6 May 2007Natural25 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTITAN COMMAND
26 May 1993Railroad operations and maintenance82 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDIE HARD FIRE
16 May 2000Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 May 2009Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMEDLEY FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Medley: 13 producers, 3 past producers, 2 plants, 1 unknown. 15 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
21st Century Rock and Fill - Number 11Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
American Rock, Inc. - the PitLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Lowell S. Dunn - 58th Street QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Miami Crushed Rock, Inc.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Union Rock and Sand - Number 1 QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Vulcan Materials - Medley QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Black Velvet Top SoilStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
General Fill Pit No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lehigh LakesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lsf Pennsuco AggregatesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Miami-Dade County

Storms near this place

14 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Medley in 14 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flood, 2 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2011Thunderstorm WindMedley$5,000Wind gust of 70 mph measured near NW 87 Avenue and NW 12 Street in Doral. The squall line passed through the Doral Golf and Country Club, disrupting the WGC-Cadillac Championship golf tournament. Two TV transmission towers were toppled by the high winds, as well as a scoreboard, tents and 17 small trees.
September 2022Tornado (EF0)Medley$3,000Several trees were significantly damaged by a brief tornado next to the city of Doral Police Training complex. Damage to the SE in the Fountainbleau area a few minutes earlier likely came from the same parent storm.
June 2023Funnel CloudMedley-NWS employee reported a funnel cloud with a passing severe thunderstorm over the Doral area.
May 2020FloodMedley-A member of the public reported flooded roadways due to heavy rainfall in the Miami Springs area via Snapmap. Rainfall estimates in the area were 2 to 3 inches.
July 2019FloodMedley-Doral Police Department reported road closures due to heavy rainfall in the area. 2 to 4 inches of rain fell in 1-2 hours across the area.
August 2019FloodMedley-Heavy rainfall of 1 to 2 inches resulted in localized flooding within the Doral area, mainly along and near NW 87 avenue between NW 18th and 33rd streets. Vehicles were still able to get through.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindMedley-A tractor trailer was overturned near NW 50th Street and 74th avenue in Miami-Dade reported by news media.
January 2017Tornado (EF1)Medley-A tornado touched down just west of the Palmetto Expressway in the Doral Gardens complex near NW 79th Avenue and NW 48th Street, causing minor roof damage to an apartment building. The tornado then moved ENE and touched back down on the east side of the Palmetto Expressway in a warehouse district from NW 50th Street to NW 52nd Street between NW 74th and 69th avenues. In this area, EF-0 to borderline EF-1 damage (75-85 mph winds) was noted. A tractor trailer was overturned, at least 2 dozen empty cargo containers were moved, and minor roof damage occurred to an office building. ||The tornado then moved NE and crossed into Miami Springs. Primarily impacted was the Bird District between Shadow and Ludlum Avenues and Falcon and Dove Avenues. The worst damage was on the 1100 block of Falcon, Plover and Wren consisting of loss of roof covering material and downed trees. Winds were likely in the EF-1 range (90-95 mph) in this area. Damage was observed along a NE path along the remainder of the Miami Springs portion of the path, with most of the damage east of Hammond Drive to Okeechobee Road consisting of downed power lines and trees (EF-0). ||After crossing Okeechobee Road, the tornado entered the City of Hialeah and caused damage to the area from Red Road to W 2nd Avenue between West 10th and 13th streets. Four two-story apartment buildings sustained roof damage of EF-1 intensity (up to 95 mph). The tornado passed very close to a water plant, but no damage was noted there. The tornado lifted near W 2nd Avenue and W 13th Street. A total of 13 families were left homeless in Hialeah and required Red Cross assistance.||No damage estimated were received.
May 2013HailMedley-A member of the public reported quarter-sized hail 2 miles north-northeast of Medley.
May 2012HailMedley-Media reported quarter sized hail near the intersection of Palmetto Expressway and Doral Blvd.
February 2010Thunderstorm WindMedley-Measured at Miami-Dade Fire Rescue headquarters in Doral.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMedley-Medley Police Department recorded a 61 mph wind gust. Time verified by local media.
August 2007HailMedley-Large hail reported along Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) and NW 68th Street.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMedley-Three power poles were snapped along street in front of warehouse parking lot in Medley. Received via TV news reports. Time is estimated.

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
Holiday Acres1.0 miles14
Hialeah Gardens1.7 miles14
Doral2.1 miles14
Hialeah Estates2.2 miles14
Miami Springs2.3 miles14
Virginia Gardens2.5 miles14
Palm Springs2.5 miles14
Hialeah2.8 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 MedleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1884547The 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 305065. 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.