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Town Park Estates, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South Westside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33174. The Survey maps it on the Hialeah quadrangle.

Town Park Estates within Miami-Dade County

Then and now

1950 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Town Park Estates, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Town Park Estates, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Town Park Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,088 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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 maintenance21
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Debris and open burning6
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5

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
6 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTURNPIKE FIRE (06)
6 August 1996Debris and open burning5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 2009Natural150 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBOWIE FIRE
22 August 2009Natural60 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTALL GRASS FIRE
12 August 2001Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 July 1999Debris and open burning150 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 July 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSTATE PRISON (06)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Town Park Estates: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 6 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tarmac-Florida - Coral Aggergates QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Coral Cables QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Limerock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Miami Cement Plant/ Rinker CorpStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Miami MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oolite Rock Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pit Number 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tropical Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
West Dade Rock 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
University Park1.0 miles14
Fountainebleau1.3 miles14
Westchester1.3 miles14
Sweetwater1.3 miles14
Coral Way Village1.5 miles14
Pioneer Park1.6 miles14
Flagami1.9 miles14
Olympia Heights1.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 292379. 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.