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.
Then and now
1947 to 1991The 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.


Compare 1947 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1947 USGS Bostwick quadrangle1:50000
- 1949 USGS Bostwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Picolata quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Picolata quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
114 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF-55-DEN STREET |
| 5 August 2011 | Natural | 7.3 acres | Florida Forest Service | PACETTI DIRT MOUND (55) |
| 31 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 1999 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmo | $20,000 | Extensive 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmo | $500 | Large trees were blown down. |
| October 2023 | Heavy Rain | Palmo | - | A public station in Colee Cove measured 6.21 inches of rain since midnight. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Palmo | - | The public measured a storm total rainfall of 2.62 inches. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmo | - | A tree was blown down at 3460 Joe Ashton Road. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmo | - | Trees were blown down near Colee Cove Road. |
| February 2017 | Tornado (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 2016 | Heavy Rain | Palmo | - | Measured rainfall was 3.12 inches near World Golf Village. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmo | - | Trees were blown down on State Road 13 North. |
| January 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmo | - | A spotter reported pine trees blown down and a power line blown down along State Road 13, north of State Road 16. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmo | - | Trees were blown down south of the Shands Bridge near State Road 13. The time of the event was based on radar. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmo | - | St Johns County Emergency Management reported trees down in the northwestern portion of the county. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Palmo | - | Two trees were blown down. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Elwood | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Johns | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bass Haven | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Pocotalaco (historical) | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Orangedale | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Picolata | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Whites Ford | 4.7 miles | 18 |
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.







