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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.

Bay View within Walton County

Then and now

1936 to 1996

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Bay View, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Bay View, surveyed 1936

Compare 1936 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

159 since 1992

Regional 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 burning40
Railroad operations and maintenance38
Natural18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking11
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2
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
9 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2015Debris and open burning40 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCRAWFISH ALLEY (66)
18 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBLACK CREEK # 4
14 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBLACK CREEK # 5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dot Defuniak Springs - Stiller MineSandUnknown
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
La Grange Point2.3 miles16
Fluffy Landing2.9 miles16
Freeport3.4 miles16
Portland3.8 miles16
Old Bay View3.9 miles16
Santa Rosa Beach5.2 miles16
Choctaw Bay Estates6.1 miles16
Point Washington7.0 miles17

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.