South Bay 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 33133. It lies near Dinner Key. The Survey maps it on the Key Biscayne quadrangle.
Then and now
1947 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1947 against another survey:
On record in South Bay Estates
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 7 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Trapp Homesteadlisted 1994 · 0.5 miles away
US Coast Guard Air Station Hangar at Dinner Keylisted 2002 · 0.8 miles away
Women's Club of Coconut Grovelisted 1975 · 0.9 miles away
Pan American Seaplane Base and Terminal Buildinglisted 1975 · 0.9 miles away
Coconut Grove Librarylisted 2017 · 0.9 miles away
Coconut Grove Playhouselisted 2018 · 1.0 miles away- Barracks and Mess Building-US Coast Guard Air Station at Dinner Keylisted 1995 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 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 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of South Bay 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:
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 South Bay Estates: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Tropical Limestone Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean View Heights | 0.3 miles | 16 | |
| The Pines | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Silver Bluff Estates | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bay Heights | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Shenandoah | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Coral Gables | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Little Havana | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Coconut Grove | 2.0 miles | 14 |
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 Q122544491 | 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 291341. 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.








