Ojus, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Miami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33180. The Survey maps it on the North Miami quadrangle. 19,673 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1947 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 47 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1947 against another survey:
On record in Ojus
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.
Fulford by the Sea Entrancelisted 2010 · 1.0 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresOjus grew from 16,642 to 19,673 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 | 16,642 | |
| 2010 | 18,036 | +1,394 (+8%) |
| 2020 | 19,673 | +1,637 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1947 USGS North Miami quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS North Miami quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS North Miami quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS North Miami quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS North Miami quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Ojus between 1992 and 2018, burning about 26 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | OLETA (13) |
| 24 April 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 April 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | OLETA |
| 2 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BANJO (13) |
| 15 March 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ojus: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Big Cypress Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Main Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Monarch Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Snake Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ojus in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2008 | Flash Flood | Ojus | $10,000 | Heavy rains over a period of 4 hours caused significant ponding of water and flooding along the Biscayne Boulevard corridor in North Miami Beach and Aventura. Significant flooding was reported from NE 150 Street north to NE 186 Street. Water entered a body shop in Aventura where a dozen cars and the office were inundated by over a foot of water. Water also entered county buses along Biscayne Boulevard in North Miami Beach. Poor drainage caused by clogged drains contributed to the flooding. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ojus | - | 60 mph winds and dime size hail reported in Aventura. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Ojus | - | Dime to penny size hail near the intersection of US 441 and Ives Dairy Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Haven of Aventura | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| Golden Shores | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Aventura | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| North Miami Beach | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Eastern Shores | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sunny Isles Beach | 1.5 miles | 8 | |
| Highland Lakes | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Ives Estates | 1.7 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 Ojus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2103743 | 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 288066. 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.








