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.
Then and now
1942 to 1993The 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.


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
Memorial Home Community Historic Districtlisted 1999
Population over time
2 figuresPenney 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 749 | |
| 2020 | 821 | +72 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1942 USGS Ates Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Ates Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Penney Farms 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
- 1993 USGS Penney Farms quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
170 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 71 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | 24 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GARY RD (10) |
| 11 September 2013 | Natural | 3.4 acres | Florida Forest Service | PASS (10) |
| 10 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 835 |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hole No 24 Clay Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Rgc (Usa) Mineral Sands - Green Cove Sprg. | Titanium-Heavy Minerals | Producer | Ilmenite, Leucoxene, Rutile, Zircon, Kyanite |
Storms near this place
17 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Flood | Penney Farms | $20,000 | There 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 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penney Farms | $3,000 | Three 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penney Farms | $1,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penney Farms | - | A trained spotter reported powerlines down to the south of Lake Asbury. Time of event | based on radar data. |
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Penney Farms | - | Personal weather station KFLGREEN210 measured 2.27 inches of rain in about one hour. |
| December 2023 | Flood | Penney Farms | - | Severe flooding was reported in the construction area along County Road 218 near Shadowlawn Elementary School. |
| August 2019 | Heavy Rain | Penney Farms | - | A weather station measured 5 inches of rainfall in 2 hours. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penney 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penney Farms | - | Winds were estimated at 60 mph in Penny Farms with a lot of tree debris caused by thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Penney Farms | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Camp Blanding. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Penney Farms | - | The Green Cove Springs Post Office observed nickel size hail near State Road 16 and County Road 218. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Penney Farms | - | Quarter size hail was reported at a Boy Scout Camp off of State Road 16. |
| January 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penney Farms | - | Trees were blown down in Penny Farms. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Penney Farms | - | A trained spotter reported nickel size hail at the intersection of County Road 215 and State Road 21. |
| July 2008 | Heavy Rain | Penney Farms | - | The Penny Farms Auto Repair Shop measured 5.0 inches of storm total rainfall. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penney 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 2003 | Hail | Penney Farms | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pass Station | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Asbury Lake | 4.8 miles | 21 | |
| Fellowship Park | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Black Creek (historical) | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| Russell | 6.3 miles | 20 | |
| Solite (historical) | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Magnolia Springs | 6.5 miles | 20 | |
| Middleburg | 6.7 miles | 21 |
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 Farms | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2152047 | The 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.







