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The Crossings, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Kendale Lakes-Tamiami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33186. The Survey maps it on the South Miami NW quadrangle. 23,276 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7 feet above sea level.

The Crossings within Miami-Dade County

Then and now

1949 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of The Crossings, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of The Crossings, surveyed 1949

Compare 1949 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

The Crossings grew from 22,758 to 23,276 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.

YearPeople Change
201022,758
202023,276+518 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

257 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of The Crossings between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,501 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 63 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 maintenance83
Arson/incendiarism63
Equipment and vehicle use39
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural10
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
21 September 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRAILROAD (13)
21 September 2011Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTAMIAMI WEST (13)
18 September 2006Natural25 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FIRE
31 August 1994Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2007Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCAIN FIRE
21 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service136 STREET (13)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of The Crossings: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. 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
Eureka PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Perrine Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pit 12Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Richmond QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Lindgren Acres0.0 miles16
Kendall Lakes1.8 miles16
Three Lakes2.0 miles16
The Hammocks2.3 miles16
Kendale Lakes2.6 miles16
Country Walk3.0 miles16
Hawley Heights3.1 miles14
Green-Mar Acres3.1 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.

Wikipedia article on The CrossingsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2429105The 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 1853292. 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.