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Palm Springs, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Hialeah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33012. The Survey maps it on the Hialeah quadrangle.

Palm Springs 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 Palm Springs, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Palm Springs, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Palm Springs between 1992 and 2018, burning about 296 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 maintenance16
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural2
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
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
6 May 2007Natural25 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTITAN COMMAND
27 May 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDIE HARD 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 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Palm Springs: 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 Springs Estates0.9 miles15
Hialeah Estates1.0 miles14
Hialeah Gardens1.4 miles14
Hialeah1.4 miles14
Holiday Acres1.7 miles14
Medley2.5 miles14
Miami Lakes2.7 miles15
Westview3.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 288412. 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.