Royal Country, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Miami Gardens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33055. The Survey maps it on the Opa-locka quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1988The 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.


Compare 1949 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1949 USGS Opalocka quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Opa-locka quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Opa-Locka quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Royal Country between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,931 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 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 | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 August 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2015 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SKYJACK ( 06 ) |
| 14 August 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | KIWI (13) |
| 4 July 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FIREWORKS (6) |
| 17 July 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Royal Country: 8 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit No. 6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| A.J. Capeletti - No. 3 Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| L.W. Rozzo - Hollywood | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Broward Pit No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dade Pit No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Indian Lakes Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Miramar Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rozzo Mine | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Club | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lakewood Estates | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Miami Gardens | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Carol City | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Lucerne | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Scott Lake | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Miami Lakes | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Bunche Park | 3.7 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122553597 | 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 2077252. 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.






