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Redland, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Princeton-Goulds census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33031. It lies near Bauer Drive Hammock. The Survey maps it on the Goulds quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.

Redland within Miami-Dade County

Then and now

1949 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Redland, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Redland, surveyed 1949

Compare 1949 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

455 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 455 fires within 5 miles of Redland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,054 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 123 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
Arson/incendiarism123
Equipment and vehicle use112
Railroad operations and maintenance84
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Debris and open burning34
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural10
Smoking4

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
5 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceROCKY (13)
2 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceTHE MORNING - (13)
16 September 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBANANA (13)
11 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCONCRETE PILE (13)
8 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceTHE PUMP HOUSE FIRE
3 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSEMINOLE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Redland: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cutler PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Naranja Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miami-Dade County

Storms near this place

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redland in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 5 funnel cloud, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 wildfire. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2003LightningRedland1 hurtA man inside a shed at a nursery was shocked when lightning entered through a telephone. He suffered memory loss and was transported to a local hospital.
July 2007LightningRedland$50,000Lightning struck a home in The Redland, displacing a family of eight. The lightning bolt struck a corner of the house and started a fire in the attic.
March 1999WildfireRedland$50,000no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindRedland$8,000Several reports received via Nextdoor of tree and fence damage in The Redland extending from SW 187 Avenue and SW 244 Street northward to SW 187 Avenue and SW 190 Street, and extending as far west as SW 197 Avenue between SW 242 Street and SW 192 Street. Time is estimated based on radar data. Hail ranging from pea to golf size was also reported in this area.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindRedland$5,000A privacy fence was blown down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRedland$2,000A meteorologist with Florida Power and Light reported downed trees, large branches, wooden power poles, and powerlines after a severe thunderstorm moved through the Redland area. Estimated wind gusts of up to 60 mph / 52 kt occurred based on the wind damage, nearby observations, and radar velocity data.
June 2025Funnel CloudRedland-A member of the public reported a funnel cloud associated with a thunderstorm over Southwest Miami-Dade County.
August 2012Funnel CloudRedland-Public reported a funnel cloud approximately 5 miles west of SW 168th Street in the Richmond Heights area.
July 2012Funnel CloudRedland-An NWS employee reported a rope-like funnel cloud over the Redlands west of Krome Avenue.
October 2000Tornado (F0)Redland-A brief tornado touchdown was reported in the Redlands.
May 1998Tornado (F0)Redland-Metro Dade police reported a brief touchdown near SW 154th Ave north of Quail Roost Dr. A storm spotter reported seeing three funnel clouds near Krome Ave/Quail Roost Dr.
May 1998Funnel CloudRedland-Pilot reported funnel cloud over the everglades about 3nm south of Chekika State Recreational Area about 3nm west of Krome Ave. Shower movement was to the south at 10 mph.
March 1999Funnel CloudRedland-no account filed
April 1999WildfireRedland-no account filed

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
Silver Palm Place1.7 miles16
Silver Palm3.0 miles16
Modello3.1 miles16
Aladdin City3.5 miles16
Naranja3.6 miles16
Leisure City4.0 miles16
Homestead4.2 miles16
Princeton4.4 miles16

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 RedlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7306010The 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 295570. 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.