BlockThe Keyhole, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Homestead census division. It lies near Sands Key. The Survey maps it on the Soldier Key quadrangle.
Then and now
1948 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1948 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1948 USGS Soldier Key quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Soldier Key quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Soldier Key quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of The Keyhole between 1995 and 2017, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 March 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Biscayne National Park | MULCH PILE |
| 2 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Biscayne National Park | BOCA CHITA |
| 1 February 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Biscayne National Park | BRICKETT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sponge Rocks | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Saga Bay | 9.0 miles | 17 | |
| Lakes by the Bay | 9.0 miles | 17 | |
| Islandia | 9.5 miles | 16 | |
| Cutter Bank | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Franjo | 9.8 miles | 17 | |
| Cutler Bay | 9.8 miles | 17 | |
| South Allapattah | 10.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 304708. 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.