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Palm Springs Estates, 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 33012. The Survey maps it on the Opa-locka quadrangle.

Palm Springs Estates within Miami-Dade County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Palm Springs Estates, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Palm Springs Estates, surveyed 1949

Compare 1949 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Palm Springs Estates between 1992 and 2018, burning about 664 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 maintenance21
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
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
16 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1999Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 August 1996Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 June 1994Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 June 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Palm Springs Estates: 13 producers, 3 past producers, 2 plants. 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
Vulcan Materials - Medley QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Black Velvet Top SoilStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dade PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dade Pit No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dade Pit No. 7Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
General Fill Pit No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Indian Lakes PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lehigh LakesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lsf Pennsuco AggregatesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working 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
Palm Springs0.9 miles14
Hialeah Gardens1.6 miles14
Miami Lakes1.8 miles15
Hialeah Estates1.9 miles14
Hialeah2.3 miles14
Holiday Acres2.4 miles14
Medley3.1 miles14
Opa-locka3.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305078. 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.