Three Lakes, 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. 16,540 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1949 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1949 against another survey:
Population over time
3 figuresThree Lakes grew from 6,955 to 16,540 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6,955 | |
| 2010 | 15,047 | +8,092 (+116%) |
| 2020 | 16,540 | +1,493 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1949 USGS South Miami NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS South Miami NW quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS South Miami NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS South Miami NW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
357 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 357 fires within 5 miles of Three Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,161 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 129 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 129 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 91 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 52 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DJ FIRE |
| 21 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RAILROAD (13) |
| 21 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TAMIAMI WEST (13) |
| 18 September 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FIRE |
| 31 August 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | CAIN FIRE |
| 30 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 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 Three Lakes: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kendall Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Perrine Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pit 12 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Richmond Quarry | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Heights | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Country Walk | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Lindgren Acres | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| The Crossings | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Palmetto Estates | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| West Perrine | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Hawley Heights | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| The Hammocks | 3.2 miles | 16 |
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 Three Lakes | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1840900 | 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 1853294. 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.







