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Alpine Heights, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Paxton-Darlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32435. The Survey maps it on the De Funiak Springs West quadrangle.

Alpine Heights within Walton County

Then and now

1935 to 1978

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 Alpine Heights, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Alpine Heights, surveyed 1935

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

268 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Alpine Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 968 acres in total. 6 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
Railroad operations and maintenance70
Equipment and vehicle use53
Debris and open burning50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Smoking15
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks3
Other causes1

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 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSHOREY (66)
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHOREY DR (66)
23 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor11 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burning7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSMITH RD (66)
21 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/DVORAK DR-0958

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Alpine Heights: 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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
Dot Defuniak Springs - Collinsworth MineSandUnknown
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Walton County

Storms near this place

12 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alpine Heights in 12 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
May 2021LightningAlpine Heights2 hurt, $2,000An accident occurred on I-10 near mile marker 81 due to lightning striking the road and sending debris through the windshield of a pickup truck. Two injuries resulted.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindAlpine Heights$4,000Several trees were blown down around 6120 Bob Sikes Road. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindAlpine Heights$1,000A tree was blown down at the intersection of Kings Lake Road and Highway 90. A transformer was also blown in the area. Monetary damage was estimated.
September 2020Flash FloodAlpine Heights-Deep water was reported on Bob Sikes Road and Timberlake Dr.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindAlpine Heights-A tree was blown down along Boyscout Road near Bob Sikes Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAlpine Heights-A few trees were blown down on Bob Sikes Road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindAlpine Heights-A large tree was blown down on Pipers Landing Road near Kings Lake Blvd.
September 2015Flash FloodAlpine Heights-All bridges on Bob Sikes Road were closed from Highway 285 to the 4005 address.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindAlpine Heights-A tree was blown down across Bob Sikes Road.
May 2014HailAlpine Heights-A sheriff's deputy reported golfball sized hail at the intersection of Kings Lake Road and Highway 90.
February 2012Heavy RainAlpine Heights-A 24 hour rainfall total of 3.57 inches was reported by CoCoRaHS site FL-WT-13.
April 2004HailAlpine Heights-Nickel size hail reported by the Walton County Sheriff.

Every storm recorded in Walton 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
Cosson Mill3.4 miles17
Pleasant Ridge4.1 miles17
Dixon4.1 miles17
Sconiers Mill5.1 miles17
Liberty5.2 miles12
De Funiak Springs5.3 miles15
Mossy Head5.6 miles17
Piney Grove5.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 277817. 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.