Miami Lakes, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hialeah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33014. The Survey maps it on the Opa-locka quadrangle. 30,467 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1949 to 1988The 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.


Compare 1949 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresMiami Lakes grew from 29,361 to 30,467 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 | 29,361 | |
| 2020 | 30,467 | +1,106 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Opalocka quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Opa-locka quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Opa-Locka quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Miami Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,280 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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 maintenance | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2015 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SKYJACK ( 06 ) |
| 17 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 August 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | KIWI (13) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Miami Lakes: 12 producers, 3 past producers, 2 plants. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit No. 6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Black Velvet Top Soil | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dade Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dade Pit No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dade Pit No. 7 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| General Fill Pit No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Indian Lakes Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lehigh Lakes | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lsf Pennsuco Aggregates | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Medley Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
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 Springs Estates | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Palm Springs | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Country Club | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Opa-locka | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hialeah Gardens | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Royal Country | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hialeah Estates | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pennsuco | 3.8 miles | 15 |
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 Miami Lakes | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q995006 | 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 305161. 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.






