Bay View, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Freeport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32439. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Freeport quadrangle.
Then and now
1936 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1936 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1936 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:50000
- 1978 USGS Fort Walton Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:50000
Fires near this place
159 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Bay View between 1992 and 2020, burning about 705 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 38 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | CRAWFISH ALLEY (66) |
| 18 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BLACK CREEK # 4 |
| 14 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BLACK CREEK # 5 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bay View: 1 past producer, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Defuniak Springs - Stiller Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Grange Point | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Fluffy Landing | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Freeport | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Portland | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Old Bay View | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Santa Rosa Beach | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Choctaw Bay Estates | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Point Washington | 7.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301672. 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.









