Richmond Heights, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Kendall-Palmetto Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33176. The Survey maps it on the South Miami quadrangle. 8,944 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1950 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1950 against another survey:
On record in Richmond Heights
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.
- Richmond Heights Pioneer Historic Districtlisted 2019 · 0.3 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresRichmond Heights grew from 8,541 to 8,944 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 | 8,541 | |
| 2020 | 8,944 | +403 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1950 USGS South Miami quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS South Miami quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS South Miami quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS South Miami quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
316 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Richmond Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,872 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 87 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 | 95 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 87 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FIRE |
| 31 August 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | FULL MOON FIRE |
| 21 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Florida Forest Service | COASTIE FIRE |
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 Richmond Heights: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kendall Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Perrine Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pit 12 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Richmond Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmetto Estates | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Rockdale | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Three Lakes | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| West Perrine | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Perrine | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Howard | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| East Perrine | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Peters | 2.4 miles | 17 |
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 Richmond Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2421971 | 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 289685. 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.







