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Argyle, Florida

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

Argyle 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 Argyle, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Argyle, surveyed 1935

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

247 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Argyle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,161 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 20 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 maintenance60
Equipment and vehicle use55
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism20
Smoking14
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2010Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service30/ALFORD RD-0568
27 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 90 PDL (30)
23 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/HWY 183, NORTH-0962
23 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 1997Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Argyle: 3 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin, 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 - Argyle MineSandUnknown
Thompson David R ProspectKaolinOccurrence
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect

Every working recorded in Walton County

Storms near this place

9 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Argyle in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2001Tornado (F1)Argyle$750,000An F1 tornado touched down in extreme southeast Walton County, near the intersection of U.S. Highway 98 and Smokehouse Lake Road. During its brief, intermittent one-mile track across Smokehouse Lake Road, it destroyed two and damaged twelve trailers, damaged two homes, damaged twelve vehicles, uprooted numerous trees and downed some power lines. Before it lifted, it damaged five homes in the Steele Field area. Reported by the Walton County EMA.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindArgyle$3,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down near Argyle.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindArgyle$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down on Highway 90E near Old Spanish Trail.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindArgyle-Trees were blown down along I-10 and along Highway 81.
December 2022Tornado (EF0)Argyle-The Holmes county dispatch received calls of a possible tornado touchdown near Walton County Road 183. In addition, a tornadic debris signature (TDS) was present on radar. Damage consisted of several trees blown down. The tornado was rated EF0 with max winds estimated near 85 mph.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindArgyle-A tree was blown down along Douglass Crossroad.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindArgyle-Trees were blown down onto a power line on Spring Lake Road.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindArgyle-Several trees were down near Argyle.
July 2009HailArgyle-Penny size hail was observed in Argyle.

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
Koerber1.5 miles15
Walcan2.2 miles15
De Funiak Springs3.8 miles15
Douglass Crossroads4.2 miles15
Dixon4.9 miles17
Eucheeanna5.1 miles15
Union5.8 miles12
Center Ridge6.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 277944. 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.