Saga Bay, Florida
17 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 33189. The Survey maps it on the Perrine quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1949 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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 Perrine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Perrine quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Perrine quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Perrine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
217 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Saga Bay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,556 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 61 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 42 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
| 26 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ISLAND FIRE #2 |
| 25 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | THE ISLAND FIRE |
| 1 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FIELD (13) |
| 8 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | LAKE BY THE BAY (13) |
| 3 July 2011 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 168 CORNER (13) |
| 26 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Saga Bay: 2 past producers. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kendall Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Perrine Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakes by the Bay | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Franjo | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cutler Bay | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cutler Ridge | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| East Perrine | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Peters | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Cutler | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Perrine | 2.6 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.
| Wikidata item Q122553045 | 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 304683. 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.







