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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.

Bayou George within Bay County

Then and now

1944 to 1988

The 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 sheet of Bayou George, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Bayou George, surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

279 since 1992

Regional 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 burning64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Railroad operations and maintenance45
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Natural25
Equipment and vehicle use21
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking14
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony5
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 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03/TOWER ROAD
8 September 2005Fireworks30 acresFlorida Forest Service03 / LOST FIRE
7 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03/HALSEY CIRCLE-0941
22 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03/KELLER-0555

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bay County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bay County Board of Co. Comm. - Camp Flowers MineClayUnknown
Bay PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pitts Sand Co. Lynn Haven PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Regester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bay County Board of Co. Comm. - Majette MineSandUnknown
Cato Enterprises, Inc. - Transmitter Road MineSandUnknown
Gulf AsphaltSandProducer
Gulf Asphalt - Camp Flowers Rd. PitSandProducer
Pitts Sd. & Gravel - MowatSandProducer

Every working recorded in Bay County

Storms near this place

11 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2006Tornado (F0)Bayou George$75,000A 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 2002Thunderstorm WindBayou George$75,000A double wide trailer was destroyed, a roof was blown off a house, and trees were toppled. Reported by the Panama City News Herald.
March 2021Tornado (EF1)Bayou George$50,000The 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 1999LightningBayou George$15,000Lightning set a 24-by-24 foot storage shed and its contents ablaze.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindBayou George$5,000Fences were blown down in the Bayou George area.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBayou George$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down in the Bayou George area.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBayou George-A Davis weather station DVI01033 gusted to 63 knots.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBayou George-Trees were blown down in the Bayou George area.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindBayou 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 2006HailBayou George-Quarter inch hail reported by WJHG-TV in Panama City.
June 2006HailBayou George-Penny size hail reported along U.S. Highway 231 by the public.

Every storm recorded in Bay 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
Majette2.0 miles15
Bayhead3.8 miles15
Brannonville3.8 miles15
Resota Beach4.0 miles15
Cairo4.4 miles14
Southport5.6 miles19
Lynn Haven5.9 miles17
Nixon6.2 miles14

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.