Silver Bluff Estates, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Miami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33145. It lies near Grove Isle. The Survey maps it on the Key Biscayne quadrangle.

Silver Bluff Estates within Miami-Dade County

Then and now

1947 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 47 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Silver Bluff Estates, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Silver Bluff Estates, surveyed 1947

Compare 1947 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1947 USGS Key Biscayne quadrangle1:24000
1949 USGS Key Biscayne quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Key Biscayne quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Key Biscayne quadrangle1:24000
1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
1994 USGS Key Biscayne quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

5 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Silver Bluff Estates between 1992 and 2003, burning about 14 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
28 May 1994	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
27 April 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 April 2003	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 December 1992	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
5 November 1994	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Silver Bluff Estates: 4 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Anaconda Aluminum/ Miami, Fla.	Aluminum, Titanium	Plant
Dade Pit No. 12	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Dade Quarry No. 8	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Oolite Rock Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Red Road Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
The Pines	0.3 miles	16
South Bay Estates	0.7 miles	16
Bay Heights	0.8 miles	16
Ocean View Heights	0.8 miles	16
Shenandoah	1.0 miles	16
Little Havana	1.3 miles	16
Latin Quarter	1.6 miles	16
Brickell Hammock	1.7 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 291110. 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.