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Auburn, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Crestview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32539. It stands on Pump Branch. The Survey maps it on the Crestview North quadrangle.

Auburn within Okaloosa County

Then and now

1949 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Auburn, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Auburn, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

217 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Auburn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,131 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 23 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 maintenance52
Debris and open burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Arson/incendiarism23
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking9
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony2

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
30 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBILL LUNDY FIRE-1146
30 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1996Arson/incendiarism24 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceVICTORY LANE FIRE-1101
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINEWOODS DRIVE (46)
14 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Auburn: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 - Bill Lundy MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Okaloosa County

Storms near this place

4 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Auburn in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
April 2003Tornado (F0)Auburn$10,000A weak tornado briefly touched down near Auburn. Several trees were blown down. An unoccupied trailer was damaged when a tree fell on it.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindAuburn$5,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts uprooted at least 8 large oak trees near Lake Silver Road, McDonald Rd, and Genevieve Way.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindAuburn-High winds downed a tree on a house.
June 2025HailAuburn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okaloosa 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
Garden City0.9 miles14
Silver Springs1.2 miles14
Campton3.8 miles14
Clear Springs4.1 miles14
Crestview4.4 miles14
Killingsworth Crossroads6.4 miles13
Peaden6.6 miles13
Dorcas6.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295100. 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.