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Penney Farms, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Penney Farms census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32043. The Survey maps it on the Penney Farms quadrangle. 821 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 95 feet above sea level.

Penney Farms within Clay County

Then and now

1942 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Penney Farms, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Penney Farms, surveyed 1942

On record in Penney Farms

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

Penney Farms grew from 749 to 821 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
2010749
2020821+72 (+10%)

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

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Penney Farms between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,594 acres in total. 71 started naturally. 15 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
Natural71
Railroad operations and maintenance31
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use6
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
6 September 1999Natural24 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGARY RD (10)
11 September 2013Natural3.4 acresFlorida Forest ServicePASS (10)
10 September 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2006Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Service835
3 August 1994Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Penney Farms: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Clay. 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
Hole No 24 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Rgc (Usa) Mineral Sands - Green Cove Sprg.Titanium-Heavy MineralsProducerIlmenite, Leucoxene, Rutile, Zircon, Kyanite

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

17 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Penney Farms in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 heavy rain, 2 flood. 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
May 2013FloodPenney Farms$20,000There were several roads in Penny Farms closed due to standing flood waters due to heavy rainfall. Water was up to the bottom of the bridge on Everett Avenue at Dillaberry Branch which runs into Black Creek. Also. the water was spilling over North Dolphin Avenue. Creeks were coming out of their banks and additional flooding occurred in the Foxmeadow subdivision. A spotter measured a 24 hr rainfall total in Foxmeadow of 4.26 inches. The cost of damage from flooding was estimated only so the event could be included in Storm Data. The value is likely a gross underestimate.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindPenney Farms$3,000Three large oak trees uprooted along Cathedral Oak Parkway and fell in the same direction. This was likely due to a downburst. Time was based on AW016 MIDDLEBURG measuring a peak gust of 43 mph at 150 PM EST.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindPenney Farms$1,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPenney Farms-A trained spotter reported powerlines down to the south of Lake Asbury. Time of event | based on radar data.
August 2025Heavy RainPenney Farms-Personal weather station KFLGREEN210 measured 2.27 inches of rain in about one hour.
December 2023FloodPenney Farms-Severe flooding was reported in the construction area along County Road 218 near Shadowlawn Elementary School.
August 2019Heavy RainPenney Farms-A weather station measured 5 inches of rainfall in 2 hours.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindPenney Farms-County dispatch reported several tree limbs down and power lines damaged due to thunderstorm winds. A couple of trees were also blown over the roadways in the Lake Asbury area. The time of damage was based on radar imagery.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindPenney Farms-Winds were estimated at 60 mph in Penny Farms with a lot of tree debris caused by thunderstorm winds.
March 2013HailPenney Farms-Quarter size hail was reported near Camp Blanding.
August 2012HailPenney Farms-The Green Cove Springs Post Office observed nickel size hail near State Road 16 and County Road 218.
May 2011HailPenney Farms-Quarter size hail was reported at a Boy Scout Camp off of State Road 16.
January 2010Thunderstorm WindPenney Farms-Trees were blown down in Penny Farms.
May 2009HailPenney Farms-A trained spotter reported nickel size hail at the intersection of County Road 215 and State Road 21.
July 2008Heavy RainPenney Farms-The Penny Farms Auto Repair Shop measured 5.0 inches of storm total rainfall.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPenney Farms-The Penny Farms Auto Repair Shop employees reported several trees were blown down in the Penny Farms Community. Pea size hail was also observed.
March 2003HailPenney Farms-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Pass Station2.0 miles14
Asbury Lake4.8 miles21
Fellowship Park5.5 miles20
Black Creek (historical)6.0 miles21
Russell6.3 miles20
Solite (historical)6.3 miles21
Magnolia Springs6.5 miles20
Middleburg6.7 miles21

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 Penney FarmsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2152047The 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 288692. 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.

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.