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Rockdale, 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.

Rockdale 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 Rockdale, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Rockdale, 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

263 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 263 fires within 5 miles of Rockdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,925 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 61 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 maintenance80
Arson/incendiarism61
Misuse of fire by a minor44
Equipment and vehicle use40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural8
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
4 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2006Natural25 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FIRE
8 August 2017Arson/incendiarism10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLAKE BY THE BAY (13)
31 August 1994Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFULL MOON FIRE
21 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rockdale: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kendall Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Perrine Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pit 12Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Richmond QuarryStone, 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
Palmetto Bay1.0 miles17
Palmetto Estates1.2 miles17
Howard1.3 miles14
East Perrine1.4 miles17
Richmond Heights1.5 miles14
Perrine1.8 miles17
Cutler1.9 miles17
West Perrine2.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 289861. 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.