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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.

Perrine within Miami-Dade County

Then and now

1949 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Perrine, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Perrine, surveyed 1949

Compare 1949 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

416 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism143
Railroad operations and maintenance104
Equipment and vehicle use61
Misuse of fire by a minor53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning13
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
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 1994Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceISLAND FIRE #2
25 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceTHE ISLAND FIRE
18 September 2006Natural25 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FIRE
1 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFIELD (13)
8 August 2017Arson/incendiarism10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLAKE BY THE BAY (13)
31 August 1994Railroad operations and maintenance10 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Eureka PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kendall Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Perrine Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pit 12Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Richmond QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Miami-Dade County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2009Heavy RainPerrine$50,000Four 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 2021Thunderstorm WindPerrine$2,000Public reported downed power lines near SW 187th ST and SW 82nd Ave in Cutler Bay.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindPerrine$500A storm spotter reported a tree broken off near a 20-inch trunk. The tree fell on a small shed.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindPerrine$500Amateur radio antenna tower bent and blown over.
June 2022Flash FloodPerrine-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 2012Thunderstorm WindPerrine-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 2000Tornado (F0)Perrine-A SKYWARN spotter sighted a tornado in Larry and Penny Thompson Park.
May 1998HailPerrine-Several trees were downed in the area.

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
Peters0.5 miles17
West Perrine0.5 miles17
East Perrine0.8 miles17
Palmetto Estates1.2 miles17
South Miami Heights1.5 miles16
Cutler Ridge1.7 miles17
Rockdale1.8 miles14
Palmetto Bay1.9 miles17

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 PerrineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7169636The 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.