Bahama Beach, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Panama City Beaches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32407. The Survey maps it on the Panama City Beach quadrangle.
Then and now
1943 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 45 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
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1943 USGS Panama City Beach quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Panama City Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Panama City Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Bahama Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,023 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | G MILES INTERIOR (03) |
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03/#3 S POWERLINE-0593 |
| 5 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03/#1 E.HWY 79-0591 |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03/ PALMETTO TRACE-0542 |
| 2 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CHURCHWELL (03) |
| 17 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | POWERLINE RD (03) |
| 17 September 1995 | Natural | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bahama Beach: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter's Asphalt and Concreate, I - Panama City Beach Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bahama Beach in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 funnel cloud, 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bahama Beach | $5,000 | Roof damage occurred to a restaurant on Front Beach Road. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| December 2023 | Flash Flood | Bahama Beach | - | Alf Coleman Road was becoming impassible near the beach due to flash flooding. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Bahama Beach | - | The public reported via social media that Alf Coleman Road was underwater and impassible to small cars. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Bahama Beach | - | Water was at least 6 inches deep up to the height of a guardrail on Alf Coleman road just south of Highway 98 at the initial time of the report. Flooding across the area worsened considerably through the day as heavy rain continued across the area for several hours. |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Bahama Beach | - | The public reported a funnel cloud just west of Panama City Beach. |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Bahama Beach | - | A Bay County Sheriff deputy sighted a funnel cloud in a wooded area near Back Beach Road east of State Highway 79. |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Bahama Beach | - | There were several public sightings of a funnel cloud along Front Beach Road near Panama City Beach. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Beach | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Bid-A-Wee | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Open Sands | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Edgewater Gulf Beach | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Long Beach Resort | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Panama City Beach | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| West Panama City Beach | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Gulf Resort Beach | 3.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278032. 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.







