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Plymouth, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Apopka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32712. The Survey maps it on the Apopka quadrangle. It stands 102 feet above sea level.

Plymouth within Orange County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Plymouth, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Plymouth, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Plymouth between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,449 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 maintenance17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural2
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 July 2017Natural15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFUDGE(48)
8 July 2016Debris and open burning775 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSPRINGS (48)
23 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 July 1998Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 June 2008Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCOLD CAT FISH (04)
6 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePITT (4)
26 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMEADOWS (48)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Plymouth: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Warren PitClayPast Producer
Plymouth PitClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plymouth PitClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plymouth in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2015: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
June 2014Thunderstorm WindPlymouth$2,000The metal roof of a garage in Apopka was blown off by winds estimated at 55 mph.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindPlymouth$1,000Apopka Police, Orange County Fire Rescue, and numerous pictures provided via local television stations on social media indicated numerous fallen trees and minor structural damage in Apopka from estimated winds between 60 and 65 mph. On the 2300 Block of Highland Avenue, a large tree fell on a car traveling down the road; however, its occupants were uninjured. Several large trees were downed in and around the Errol Estates subdivision. A large roadside billboard was toppled and a church lost several large metal sheets from its roof.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindPlymouth$1,000A large tree weighing several thousand pounds was uprooted near Apopka as a storm on the leading edge of a larger line intensified and became severe.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Several trees and powerlines downed. A greenhouse was damaged due to wind.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-A highway billboard was blown over and all four support poles were snapped near the intersection of State Road 441 and Boy Scout Road in Apopka.
June 2007Heavy RainPlymouth-Near 1.7 inches of rain fell in 20 minutes at Plymouth.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Large tree limbs were blown down.
July 2005HailPlymouth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange 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
McDonald1.5 miles13
Apopka2.2 miles13
Merrimac2.4 miles13
South Apopka2.9 miles13
Zellwood3.9 miles13
Oak Tree Park4.3 miles13
Bay Ridge4.5 miles13
Lake Apopka4.7 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 PlymouthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2837866The 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 289098. 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.