Sweetwater, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the North Westside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33174. The Survey maps it on the Hialeah quadrangle. 19,363 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1950 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1950 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresSweetwater grew from 13,499 to 19,363 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13,499 | |
| 2020 | 19,363 | +5,864 (+43%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1950 USGS Hialeah quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hialeah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Hialeah quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Hialeah quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
134 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Sweetwater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,092 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 22 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 | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | TURNPIKE FIRE (06) |
| 6 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2009 | Natural | 150 acres | Florida Forest Service | BOWIE FIRE |
| 22 August 2009 | Natural | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | TALL GRASS FIRE |
| 12 August 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 1999 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Sweetwater: 9 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Rock, Inc. - the Pit | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| Florida Rock Industries- Miami Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Florida Rock Industries, Inc. - Miami Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| Miami Crushed Rock, Inc. | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Tarmac-Florida - Coral Aggergates Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Coral Cables Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Limerock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Miami Cement Plant/ Rinker Corp | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Miami Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Miami Quarry & Cement Plant | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Park | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Town Park Estates | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Tamiami | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Fountainebleau | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Westwood Lake | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Westchester | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Vanderbilt Park | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pioneer Park | 2.7 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.
| Wikipedia article on Sweetwater | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2180831 | 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 291939. 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.







