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Westgate, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Miami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33147. The Survey maps it on the Hialeah quadrangle.

Westgate 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 Westgate, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Westgate, 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

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Westgate between 1992 and 2017, burning about 104 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
31 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 May 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDIE HARD FIRE
28 April 1998Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 April 1999Equipment and vehicle use20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 April 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGOLF COURSE ( 06 )
14 March 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 February 2013Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceJUNGLE (13)
22 February 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Westgate: 4 producers, 2 plants, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Titanium. 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
Anaconda Aluminum/ Miami, Fla.Aluminum, TitaniumPlant
General Fill Pit No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lehigh LakesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lsf Pennsuco AggregatesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Medley MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Red Road Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Scl 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
Gladeview0.8 miles16
Glenwood Heights0.9 miles16
Sun-Tan Village0.9 miles14
Brownsville1.3 miles16
West Little River1.5 miles16
Liberty Square1.9 miles16
Hialeah1.9 miles14
Allapattah2.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301147. 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.