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Palmo, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the St. Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32092. It stands on Sixmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Picolata quadrangle.

Palmo within St. Johns County

Then and now

1947 to 1991

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 Palmo, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Palmo, surveyed 1947

Compare 1947 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Palmo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,116 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 9 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 use21
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2

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
9 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF-55-DEN STREET
5 August 2011Natural7.3 acresFlorida Forest ServicePACETTI DIRT MOUND (55)
31 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 1999Natural2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 1999Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Johns County

Storms near this place

13 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Palmo in 13 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 1 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
February 2017Thunderstorm WindPalmo$20,000Extensive wind damage occurred to 2 homes in the Heritage Park subdivision. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the even to be included in Storm Data.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindPalmo$500Large trees were blown down.
October 2023Heavy RainPalmo-A public station in Colee Cove measured 6.21 inches of rain since midnight.
July 2019Heavy RainPalmo-The public measured a storm total rainfall of 2.62 inches.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindPalmo-A tree was blown down at 3460 Joe Ashton Road.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindPalmo-Trees were blown down near Colee Cove Road.
February 2017Tornado (EF1)Palmo-Two homes in the Heritage Landing neighborhood had significant wind damage to both their roofs and the interior of the home. Peak winds were around 100 mph.
September 2016Heavy RainPalmo-Measured rainfall was 3.12 inches near World Golf Village.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindPalmo-Trees were blown down on State Road 13 North.
January 2010Thunderstorm WindPalmo-A spotter reported pine trees blown down and a power line blown down along State Road 13, north of State Road 16.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPalmo-Trees were blown down south of the Shands Bridge near State Road 13. The time of the event was based on radar.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindPalmo-St Johns County Emergency Management reported trees down in the northwestern portion of the county.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindPalmo-Two trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in St. Johns 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
Florence1.7 miles13
Elwood2.6 miles13
Saint Johns2.8 miles13
Bass Haven2.9 miles13
Pocotalaco (historical)3.5 miles13
Orangedale3.8 miles18
Picolata3.8 miles13
Whites Ford4.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 308069. 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.