Plum Orchard, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Wakulla census division. It lies near Collins Hammock. The Survey maps it on the Saint Marks quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1954 USGS St Marks quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS St. Marks quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS St Marks quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS St. Marks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Plum Orchard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,044 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 4 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 1993 | Natural | 45 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | LARRY |
| 24 August 1993 | Natural | 25 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | MOE |
| 23 August 1993 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 1993 | Natural | 30 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | MARCIA |
| 1 August 2019 | Natural | 45 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | PORT LEON FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plum Orchard in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plum Orchard | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 98 east of Highway 267. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plum Orchard | - | A tree was blown down onto Coastal Highway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Leon | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Marks | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Shell Island | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Newport | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| San Marcos (historical) | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hyde Park | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Wakulla Beach | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Wakulla | 7.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295551. 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.
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.








