Allanton, Florida
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Panama City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32404. It stands on Walker Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Allanton quadrangle.
Then and now
1945 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 43 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
9 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.
- 1945 USGS Allanton quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Allanton quadrangle1:25000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Allanton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Allanton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
79 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Allanton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,347 acres in total. 35 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2014 | Natural | 720 acres | Florida Forest Service | LATHROP BAYOU (03) |
| 30 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2016 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | N. LONG ST (23) |
| 28 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GREEN SWAMP(03) |
| 23 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03/ALLENTON FIRE-0562 |
| 9 July 2001 | Natural | 14 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allanton in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 2 wildfire, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Allanton | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $500,000 | A wood-frame house was lifted 60 feet off its foundation and thrown into a field. Of the seven family members inside, one was killed and another injured. Several other homes were damaged. Reported by a HAM radio operator. |
| April 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Allanton | $1,000 | Damage photos from Bay County Emergency Management indicate that a brief tornado touched won on the eastern portions of Tyndall Air Force Base. The tornado crossed Highway 98 causing damage to pine trees and utility lines. The full length of the path is uncertain given the limited access to the area. The tornado was rated EF0 with max winds near 80 mph and a width of 60 yards. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allanton | - | KTDR measured a wind gust of 76 mph. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Allanton | - | Old Allanton road was flooded due to heavy rainfall in a few hours. |
| December 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Allanton | - | A funnel cloud was spotted near East Bay. |
| July 2000 | Wildfire | Allanton | - | Lightning was blamed for a wildfire in the Sandy Creek area which consumed more than 500 acres. The blaze was confined to a underdeveloped area between County Road 2297 and Old Sandy Creek Road. Two families were evacuated off of Laura Bluff Road. Reported by the Panama City News Herald. |
| July 2000 | Wildfire | Allanton | - | Lightning ignited a wildfire just southeast of the intersection of Alvie Road and County Road 2297 in Allanton. The blaze consumed nearly 700 acres. Firefighters from Bay County, the Florida Division of Forestry, and Callaway battled the blaze. No homes were threatened. Reported by the Panama City News Herald. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmdale | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Wetappo | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Davis Beach | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mexico Beach | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Cook | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| San Blas | 9.0 miles | 16 | |
| Long Point | 9.5 miles | 16 | |
| Old Callaway | 9.8 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122592357 | 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 294648. 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.








