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Pennsuco, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Kendale Lakes-Tamiami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33018. The Survey maps it on the Pennsuco quadrangle.

Pennsuco within Miami-Dade County

Then and now

1956 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pennsuco, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Pennsuco, surveyed 1956

Compare 1956 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Pennsuco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,135 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 14 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
Railroad operations and maintenance35
Equipment and vehicle use27
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1

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
4 September 2012Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSUNSET LAKE 1 ( 06)
16 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1999Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2015Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSKYJACK ( 06 )
17 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2008Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCEMEX FIRE
14 August 1996Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Pennsuco: 24 producers, 4 past producers, 2 plants. 26 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Fec QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
21st Century Rock and Fill - Number 11Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Capelletti Brothers - Number 13Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Fl Rock Ind. Inc.(Golden Prince Quarry)Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Lowell S. Dunn - 58th Street QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Rinker Materials - Rinker Lake QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Ronlee - Ronlee's QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Sunshine Rock - Sunshine Rock QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Tarmac-Florida - Pennsuco QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Union Rock and Sand - Number 1 QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Miami-Dade County

Storms near this place

17 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pennsuco in 17 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 2013LightningPennsuco1 hurtA man was struck by lightning at the Miami Motorcross Park northwest of Hialeah.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindPennsuco$80,000A high wind gust downed a large ficus tree onto a mobile home completely destroying it. No one was in the home at the time. The mobile home was at Jones Mobile Home Park near the intersection of Krome Avenue and Okeechobee Road.
June 2010LightningPennsuco$10,000Lightning struck a home in the Doral Isles neighborhood, causing a large fire in the roof. No one inside the home was injured.
February 2024Tornado (EFU)Pennsuco-A brief tornado touched down in Miami-Dade County approximately 4 miles north of the intersection of SW 8th street and Highway 997 (Krome Avenue). A driver reported a tornado crossing Krome Ave via social media. Minor vegetation damage was noted. Time, path length, and path width are estimated by radar and video reports from the public. Maximum wind speed and EF rating are unknown.
August 2023FloodPennsuco-Flooding occurred on the Florida Turnpike, near Okeechobee Road/U.S. 27, due to heavy rainfall and poor drainage. A NWS employee reported flooding impacting portions of the southbound lanes.
November 2022FloodPennsuco-Street flooding was reported across the city of Doral, mostly causing partial lane closures. Rainfall totals were in the 3 to 4 inch range across the city.
May 2022HailPennsuco-An off-duty NWS employee reported quarter size hail in Hialeah Gardens.
May 2020HailPennsuco-A trained spotter driving on the Florida Turnpike near US 27 reported hail up to the size of quarters.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindPennsuco-A cluster of thunderstorms had a measured wind gust of 60-mph wind gust/52 knot vis a handheld anemometer just south of the US Highway 27 and Krome Avenue intersection.
September 2017Funnel CloudPennsuco-Multiple reports from the public and photos on social media reported a funnel cloud in northern Miami-Dade County west of US-27.
June 2015HailPennsuco-A trained spotter reported penny-sized hail near the intersection of US 27 and Krome Avenue.
May 2015HailPennsuco-Dime sized hail was reported by an off duty NWS employee in Doral.
June 2011HailPennsuco-Penny-size hail reported at the intersection of Florida Turnpike and Okeechobee Road.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindPennsuco-An off-duty National Weather Service Employee estimated a wind gust of 60 MPH with a passing squall. Broadcast media also reported 10,000 power outages in Miami-Dade County.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindPennsuco-A mesonet site in the Everglades recorded a wind gust of 58 MPH.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPennsuco-Off-duty NWS employee estimated 60 mph wind gusts in Doral. Downed tree branches and power outages were also reported in the vicinity.
September 2005HailPennsuco-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Miami-Dade 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
Hialeah Gardens3.5 miles14
Miami Lakes3.8 miles15
Palm Springs Estates3.9 miles15
Palm Springs4.5 miles14
Medley4.6 miles14
Holiday Acres4.8 miles14
Country Club4.9 miles15
Hialeah Estates5.3 miles14

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 PennsucoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q104857550The 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 305081. 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.