Indian Harbour Beach, Florida
| Indian Harbour Beach, Florida | ||
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| City of Indian Harbour Beach | ||
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| Motto: "The Greatest Little City in Florida!" | ||
 Location in Brevard County and the state of Florida |
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| Coordinates: 28°9′7″N 80°35′42″W / 28.15194°N 80.59500°WCoordinates: 28°9′7″N 80°35′42″W / 28.15194°N 80.59500°W | ||
| Country |  United States of America |
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 Florida
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 Brevard
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 2.6 sq mi (6.8 km2) | |
| • Land | 2.1 sq mi (5.5 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.5 sq mi (1.3 km2) | |
| Elevation | 10 ft (3 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 8,225 | |
| • Density | 3,200/sq mi (1,200/km2) | |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| FIPS code | 12-33450 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0284502 | |
| Website | www |
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Indian Harbour Beach is a city in Brevard County, Florida. The population was 8,225 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the town of Indialantic and south of Satellite Beach. It is the first and only community in the United States to be a NOAA Tsunami Ready community along the nation's East Coast.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2). 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) of it (18.63%) is water.
Indian Harbour Beach is located in the region where tropical and temperate climatic zones interface. Daytime temperatures average 90 °F (32 °C) in the summer months and 72 °F (22 °C) in the winter months. A study commissioned by NASA lends credence to the notion that Indian Harbour Beach is located in a portion of the North American Atlantic shoreline with a uniquely reduced incidence of catastrophic hurricanes.
Threatened Atlantic loggerhead sea turtles nest on the city's ocean beaches at densities of approximately one nest per 10 feet (3.0 m) of shoreline per year. Endangered green sea turtles deposit an average of tens of nests along the city's ocean beach each year.
Endangered right whales calve off the city's shoreline. Endangered West Indian manatees frequent the city's canals and the Banana River. Bald eagles forage over Samsons Island.
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