Bay City, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Apalachicola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32320. It stands on Poorhouse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jackson River 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
11 surveys from 16 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 Jackson River quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Jackson River quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Jackson River quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Port Saint Joe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Jackson River quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
95 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Bay City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,038 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (19) HATHCOCK FIRE |
| 25 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (19) PARADISE FIRE |
| 21 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | THIRD STREET FIRE |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 425 acres | Florida Forest Service | 730 |
| 6 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | THE MARSH (19)--0495 |
| 31 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bay City in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bay City | $25,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down on Rosemont Drive. Numerous transformers were blown around Apalachicola, Eastpoint, and St. George Island. Power was cut to the stoplight in Apalachicola. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bay City | $20,000 | One home was damaged in the vicinity of Old Bluff Road with a tree limb flying through a window. Trees and power lines were also blown down across the county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bay City | $500 | A single tree was blown down on Rosemont Street with no other damage reported in the county. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bay City | - | A tree was blown down at 69 Gibson Road. |
| September 2011 | Heavy Rain | Bay City | - | A 72 hour rainfall total of 5.90 inches was reported by the Florida COOP site APLF1. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Apalachicola | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Two Mile | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Tilton | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Achackwaithle (historical) | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Nine Mile | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Magnolia Bluffs | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Hays Place | 7.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295114. 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.










