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Mims, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Titusville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32754. The Survey maps it on the Mims quadrangle. 7,336 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 33 feet above sea level.

Mims within Brevard County

Then and now

1949 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mims, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Mims, surveyed 1949

On record in Mims

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Mims grew from 7,058 to 7,336 between 2010 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.

YearPeople Change
20107,058
20207,336+278 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

132 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Mims between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,697 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 13 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
Natural34
Equipment and vehicle use26
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking1

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
8 September 1996Natural45 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2007Natural10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDAY OFF (05)
26 September 2018Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBIG TIRE - (05)
20 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMerritt Island National Wildlife RefugeWEST GATOR CREEK FIRE
3 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2007Natural75 acresFlorida Forest ServicePOWER LINE (05)
23 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFULL HOUSE (5)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brevard County

Storms near this place

23 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mims in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 4 funnel cloud, 3 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2025Flash FloodMims$5,340,000A stalled thunderstorm produced an extreme amount of rainfall across portions of northern Brevard County. In Titusville, between 13 to 15 inches of rainfall fell over approximately 7 hours. The maximum rainfall accumulation was 15.57 inches measured by a mesonet station. Numerous roads were closed due to the flooding, with many stranded vehicles, especially near Singleton Ave and Jay Jay Rd. At least 215 homes and businesses were affected, with over 130 reporting minor to major impacts due to the flooding in Titusville and Mims alone, as water entered structures. Portions of at least two roadways were washed away, including Parrish Rd and Pentax Rd. Floodwaters lingered for several days. This was part of a rare, high-impact flood event, which also impacted Sharpes, Cocoa, and north Merritt Island, with a 12-hour annual exceedance probability (AEP or the percent chance of an event occurring in any calendar year) between 0.5% and 0.2%, alternatively known as a 200 to 500-year rainfall event.
July 2025FloodMims$300,000Approximately 4 to 7 inches of rainfall fell, most of which occurred between 8 and 11 LST. Media reports flooding due to the heavy rainfall led to approximately 18 to 24 inches of water in several apartments near US Highway 1 and Irwin Ave in Mims. All ten units we subsequently uninhabitable. In addition, ankle deep water was photographed in the parking lot of a business at US 1 and Brockett Rd. There was also flooding reported near International Ave.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMims$90,000Thunderstorm winds severly damaged two houses and three mobile homes and blew down trees in the Mims area.
July 2014Tornado (EF0)Mims$50,000A severe thunderstorm produced a southwest-to-northeast aligned damage path. Several eyewitness reports and videos evidence confirmed a brief EF-0 tornado touched down within the overall damage swath. Significant roof damage occurred to three homes on Oklahoma Street, Old Dixie Highway and Brandywine Circle in north Titusville. Inflow winds produced damage, mainly to trees and fences either side of the most significant damage path. Maximum winds were estimated at 65 to 75 mph. DI2; DOD2-DOD4 LB.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindMims$22,000Orlando area news television reported a mobile home damaged by a downed trees in Mims.
March 1996Thunderstorm WindMims$10,000no account filed
September 2017Tornado (EF2)Mims-Based on a NWS storm survey, a tornado developed just west of the intersection of Brockett Road and Hammock Road in Mims. The tornado snapped many trees and partially removed the roof from a mobile home on Brockett Road (strong EF-1 strength), then moved through a wooded area before reaching near the north end of Nab Street and the east end of Benson Court. A pickup truck near the corner of Benson Court and Lisa Drive rolled about 30 feet west into the fence of an adjacent yard. The tornado strengthened to EF-2 intensity with estimated wind speeds of 115 to 125 mph as it affected homes on Kilbee Street, Turnbull Road, and Brevard Road. Numerous homes were impacted and several were left uninhabitable due to severe roof damage. A number of trees were snapped and uprooted as the tornado continued west northwest across Old Dixie Highway. The tornado dissipated shortly after crossing US Highway 1 near Roosevelt Road. DI2, DOD6, EXP. DI27, DOD4, EXP.
September 2017Tornado (EF1)Mims-Based on a NWS storm survey, an EF-1 tornado, with estimated wind speeds between 90 to 95 mph, snapped and uprooted several trees as it developed near Old Dixie Highway in Mims. The tornado continued across US Highway 1 and the northern portion of the Northgate Mobile Home and RV Park, damaging over a dozen homes, several of which experienced partial roof removal. In addition, several power poles snapped in the development and one landed on a home. The tornado also rolled several unoccupied RV's onto to their sides, which were being stored in a parking lot between US Highway 1 and the mobile home park. DI28, DOD3, EXP; DI24, DOD4, LB; DI3, DOD3, EXP.
July 2015HailMims-A trained spotter in Mims reported penny-sized hail off of Turpentine Road. Duration was less than 5 minutes.
May 2014Heavy RainMims-Several public reports indicated excessive rainfall within a short period of time, leading to temporary, nuisance flooding of poor drainage areas and parking lots in Scottsmoor, Mims and Titusville. Mesonet observations and radar-based rainfall estimates indicated 4 to 6 inches of rain fell within several hours.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindMims-Dozens of large trees blown down toward the east, several onto homes. Minor structural damage to several homes and out buildings.
September 2011HailMims-An Orlando TV Station relayed a report from a viewer of quarter size hail falling in Mims for nearly 15 minutes. The hail was measured and photos were obtained.
May 2010HailMims-Nickel sized hail was reported during a strong thunderstorm near the intersection of Barton Street and Dover Road in the town of Mims.
March 2010Funnel CloudMims-A Fire Rescue employee reported a brief funnel cloud in the vicinity of Mims, to the west of US Highway 1. The funnel cloud was moving northeast.
September 2007Funnel CloudMims-A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud north of Mims.
July 2006LightningMims-A lightning strike started a brush fire near Mims.
July 2006Funnel CloudMims-The public reported a funnel cloud near Mims.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMims-Thunderstorm winds damaged several mobile homes.
August 2004Funnel CloudMims-A spotter reported a funnel cloud near Mims.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMims-Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees in the Mims area.
October 1997Thunderstorm WindMims-Gusts to 81 mph was reported at Patrick AFB. Trees were blown down in Mims.
August 2004HailMims-no account filed
March 2003HailMims-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brevard 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
East Mims1.0 miles13
Wiley1.0 miles13
Jay Jay1.9 miles13
La Grange2.1 miles13
Holiday Village Travel Park2.4 miles13
Turnbull3.2 miles13
Titusville4.2 miles14
Aurantia4.9 miles12

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 MimsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1371625The 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 286950. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.