Perrine, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Kendall-Palmetto Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33157. The Survey maps it on the Perrine quadrangle. It stands 13 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1949 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1949 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1949 USGS Perrine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Perrine quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Perrine quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Perrine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
416 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 416 fires within 5 miles of Perrine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,164 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 143 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 143 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 104 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 61 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ISLAND FIRE #2 |
| 25 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | THE ISLAND FIRE |
| 18 September 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FIRE |
| 1 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FIELD (13) |
| 8 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | LAKE BY THE BAY (13) |
| 31 August 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Perrine: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kendall Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Perrine Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pit 12 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Richmond Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perrine in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2009 | Heavy Rain | Perrine | $50,000 | Four apartments were flooded in an apartment building at 17255 SW 95 Ave in Palmetto Bay. Heavy early morning rain caused the roof of the building to collapse, sending water into the units.||Rainfall amounts in the area were generally in the 3 to 4 inch range through the event. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrine | $2,000 | Public reported downed power lines near SW 187th ST and SW 82nd Ave in Cutler Bay. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrine | $500 | A storm spotter reported a tree broken off near a 20-inch trunk. The tree fell on a small shed. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrine | $500 | Amateur radio antenna tower bent and blown over. |
| June 2022 | Flash Flood | Perrine | - | Major flooding was reported in the Saga Bay and surrounding neighborhoods in Cutler Bay. Streets were flooded with over 2 feet of water which blocked off the neighborhood for almost 2 days. Water covered front yards and approached garages and front doors of homes. ||Rainfall of up to 8 inches was measured in the area from the afternoon of June 6th to the early morning of June 7th. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrine | - | A member of the public estimated wind gusts of 60 mph in Perrine near the intersection of US 1 and SW 168th Street. Business signs were blown off of a building and a McDonalds arch sign was damaged. |
| October 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Perrine | - | A SKYWARN spotter sighted a tornado in Larry and Penny Thompson Park. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Perrine | - | Several trees were downed in the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peters | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| West Perrine | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| East Perrine | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Palmetto Estates | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| South Miami Heights | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Cutler Ridge | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Rockdale | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Palmetto Bay | 1.9 miles | 17 |
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 Perrine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7169636 | 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 288723. 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.







