Bayou George, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Lynn Haven census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32404. It stands on Dry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bayhead quadrangle.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 44 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
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1944 USGS Bayhead quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Bayhead quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Bayhead quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Bayhead quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
279 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 279 fires within 5 miles of Bayou George between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,578 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 16 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 | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 45 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 33 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| 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 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 03/TOWER ROAD |
| 8 September 2005 | Fireworks | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03 / LOST FIRE |
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03/HALSEY CIRCLE-0941 |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 03/KELLER-0555 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Bayou George: 5 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay County Board of Co. Comm. - Camp Flowers Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Bay Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pitts Sand Co. Lynn Haven Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Regester Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bay County Board of Co. Comm. - Majette Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Cato Enterprises, Inc. - Transmitter Road Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Gulf Asphalt | Sand | Producer | ||
| Gulf Asphalt - Camp Flowers Rd. Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Pitts Sd. & Gravel - Mowat | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bayou George in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Bayou George | $75,000 | A weak tornado briefly touched down off County Road 2301 in Bayou George. The majority of the damage was confined to uprooted trees. There was structural damage to a few sheds, signs and a fence on Wood Place, Kent and Kisser Roads. A bathtub was picked up and hurled 200 feet. Many homes lost power as trees fell onto utility poles. The damage survey was conducted by the NWS. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayou George | $75,000 | A double wide trailer was destroyed, a roof was blown off a house, and trees were toppled. Reported by the Panama City News Herald. |
| March 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Bayou George | $50,000 | The tornado touched down along the north shore of a small lake near S. Lake Joanna Dr. and Sweet Lane. The tornado travelled east-northeast across the lake, producing EF1 damage to a home at the northeast end of the lake in the 7300 block of S. Lake Joanna Dr, including removal of a back porch canopy roof and causing a sizable opening in the main roof of the home. Debris from this house peppered another nearby home, with two 2x4s puncturing its back porch awning. The tornado crossed east-northeast across Bayou George Dr. On the other side of Bayou George Dr. the tornado hit a PODS storage yard, where PODS were originally in 3-high stacks. Some of the PODS shifted, and one POD unit was tossed. The tornado then lifted. Tornado damage at the home at the east-northeast end of the lake in the 7300 block of S. Lake Joanna Drive is consistent with a tornado of EF1 strength with max winds around 95 mph. |
| April 1999 | Lightning | Bayou George | $15,000 | Lightning set a 24-by-24 foot storage shed and its contents ablaze. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayou George | $5,000 | Fences were blown down in the Bayou George area. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayou George | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in the Bayou George area. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayou George | - | A Davis weather station DVI01033 gusted to 63 knots. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayou George | - | Trees were blown down in the Bayou George area. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bayou George | - | Six trees were blown down on a property off John Pitts Road in the Bayou George area. This report was obtained via social media with video. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Bayou George | - | Quarter inch hail reported by WJHG-TV in Panama City. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Bayou George | - | Penny size hail reported along U.S. Highway 231 by the public. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Majette | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Bayhead | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Brannonville | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Resota Beach | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Cairo | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Southport | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Lynn Haven | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Nixon | 6.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295119. 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.








