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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.

Allanton within Bay County

Then and now

1945 to 1988

The 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 sheet of Allanton, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Allanton, surveyed 1945

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

79 since 1994

Regional 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
Natural35
Equipment and vehicle use13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2014Natural720 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLATHROP BAYOU (03)
30 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2016Natural10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceN. LONG ST (23)
28 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGREEN SWAMP(03)
23 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 August 2009Debris and open burning11 acresFlorida Forest Service03/ALLENTON FIRE-0562
9 July 2001Natural14 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bay County

Storms near this place

7 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2004Tornado (F1)Allanton1 killed, 1 hurt, $500,000A 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 2018Tornado (EF0)Allanton$1,000Damage 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 2021Thunderstorm WindAllanton-KTDR measured a wind gust of 76 mph.
August 2019Flash FloodAllanton-Old Allanton road was flooded due to heavy rainfall in a few hours.
December 2012Funnel CloudAllanton-A funnel cloud was spotted near East Bay.
July 2000WildfireAllanton-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 2000WildfireAllanton-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.

Every storm recorded in Bay 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
Farmdale1.1 miles18
Wetappo2.5 miles18
Davis Beach4.5 miles15
Mexico Beach6.1 miles15
Cook7.1 miles16
San Blas9.0 miles16
Long Point9.5 miles16
Old Callaway9.8 miles15

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 Q122592357The 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.