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Bayview, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Panama City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32405. The Survey maps it on the Panama City quadrangle.

Bayview within Bay County

Then and now

1943 to 1988

The 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 sheet of Bayview, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Bayview, surveyed 1943

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

145 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Bayview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 407 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 11 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
Misuse of fire by a minor35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Recreation and ceremony17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural11
Debris and open burning10
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceG MILES INTERIOR (03)
25 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03/AZALEA CIRCLE-0615
18 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFRONT BEACH (3)
12 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03/EAST 17TH ST-0563
31 August 1998Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bay County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bayview: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gulf Asphalt Corp.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Pretty Bayou0.9 miles17
Saint Andrew1.5 miles17
Baker2.3 miles17
Magnolia Beach2.4 miles17
Upper Grand Lagoon2.5 miles17
Delwood Beach3.3 miles17
Panama City3.6 miles17
Dirego Park3.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278258. 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.