Plummer, Florida
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Jacksonville West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32219. The Survey maps it on the Dinsmore quadrangle.
Then and now
1917 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1917 USGS Cambon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS Cambon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Dinsmore quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
146 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Plummer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,349 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 26 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 45 ACREE 2007-07-0525 |
| 7 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CISCO FIRE 2006-07-0275 |
| 6 August 2011 | Natural | 18 acres | Florida Forest Service | THOMAS CREEK PRESERVE (16) |
| 25 August 2018 | Natural | 5.3 acres | Florida Forest Service | LOGGING ROAD (45) |
| 2 August 1999 | Natural | 300 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-07-1056 |
| 4 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plummer in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Plummer | - | A station measured 2.73 inches of rain in one hour. |
| August 2021 | Heavy Rain | Plummer | - | Storm total rainfall was up to 2.77 inches. About 2 inches fell between 6-7 pm. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Plummer | - | Widespread quarter size hail was reported. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plummer | - | Trees were blown down in a neighborhood and a trampoline was blown over a fence. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plummer | - | Wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph were estimated. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plummer | - | About 100 trees at the Davey Tree Expert Company were blown over from thunderstorm winds. The time of the damage was based on radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cary | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Spaulding | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Dinsmore | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Biscayne Village | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Sherwood Forest | 5.0 miles | 22 | |
| Beverly Hills | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Garden City | 5.8 miles | 22 | |
| Harbor View | 5.8 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294892. 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.









