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Vanderbilt Park, 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 33172. The Survey maps it on the Hialeah quadrangle.

Vanderbilt Park 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 Vanderbilt Park, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Vanderbilt Park, 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Vanderbilt Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,052 acres in total. 8 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
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning2

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
7 July 2004Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE WEST 41ST STREET FIRE
29 July 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSTATE PRISON (06)
10 July 2016Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSUNDAY FUNDAY (06)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Vanderbilt Park: 16 producers, 3 past producers, 2 plants, 2 unknowns. 18 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
21st Century Rock and Fill - Number 11Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
American Rock, Inc. - the PitLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Florida Rock Industries- Miami QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Florida Rock Industries, Inc. - Miami MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Lowell S. Dunn - 58th Street QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Miami Crushed Rock, Inc.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Tarmac-Florida - Coral Aggergates QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Union Rock and Sand - Number 1 QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Vulcan Materials - Medley QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Black Velvet Top SoilStone, 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
Doral1.4 miles14
Fountainebleau1.9 miles14
Sweetwater2.6 miles14
Town Park Estates3.1 miles14
Virginia Gardens3.1 miles14
Medley3.3 miles14
Flagami3.4 miles14
Westchester3.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 292734. 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.