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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.

South Bay 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 South Bay Estates, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of South Bay Estates, surveyed 1947

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.

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.

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 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 minor3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
28 May 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 April 1996Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 April 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 December 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 November 1994Arson/incendiarism10 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dade Pit No. 12Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dade Quarry No. 8Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oolite Rock Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Red Road Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tropical Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Ocean View Heights0.3 miles16
The Pines0.4 miles16
Silver Bluff Estates0.7 miles16
Bay Heights1.2 miles16
Shenandoah1.7 miles16
Coral Gables1.9 miles14
Little Havana2.0 miles16
Coconut Grove2.0 miles14

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 Q122544491The 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.