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Biltmore Beach, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Panama City Beaches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32408. The Survey maps it on the Panama City Beach quadrangle.

Biltmore Beach 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 Biltmore Beach, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Biltmore Beach, 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Biltmore Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 310 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony13
Arson/incendiarism9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural7
Debris and open burning6
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceG MILES INTERIOR (03)
8 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2014Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCHURCHWELL (03)
18 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1995Natural60 acresFlorida 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

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 Biltmore Beach: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Baxter's Asphalt and Concreate, I - Panama City Beach MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Bay County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Biltmore Beach in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado, 1 flood. 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
January 2024Tornado (EF3)Biltmore Beach$15,350,000A tornado moved onshore Panama City Beach in the Lower Grand Lagoon area along Spyglass Drive. Significant damage occurred to several homes, including the complete destruction of one beachfront home. The damage at this location was determined to|support an EF-3 rating with max winds estimated at 140 mph. Significant damage to homes and businesses continued as the tornado moved northeast across and along Thomas Drive where two apartment building were heavily damaged. EF-3 damage was again noted at a large boat storage facility which suffered significant structural failure. The tornado continued northeastward across Grand Lagoon and through the Bay Point Golf Club, causing additional damage to homes, before crossing Saint Andrew Bay. The damage in Panama City, after crossing the bay was more sporadic and less intense, supportive of EF-1 intensity. The tornado appears to have dissipated shortly after crossing West 23rd Street. Thanks to Bay County Emergency Management for assistance with the damage survey.
January 2024Tornado (EF0)Biltmore Beach$1,000A satellite vortex tornado of parent EF3 tornado just to the west made landfall at the western edge of St. Andrews State Park. Only very minor damage to a few tree limbs and an antenna were reported by park management. The tornado was confirmed via videos|on social media. Damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado with max winds estimated at 70 mph.
August 2023Flash FloodBiltmore Beach-Thomas Drive going towards St Andrews State Park was completely underwater. The public reported being stranded temporarily at Venture Out due to the flooding. The water was reported to be up to the hips of people walking.
September 2020Flash FloodBiltmore Beach-The east side of Thomas Dr and Luff St were flooded.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBiltmore Beach-A tree was down blocking the road at 2913 Thomas Drive.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindBiltmore Beach-A wind gust of 60 mph was measured at Wunderground site KFLPANAM37.
December 2009FloodBiltmore Beach-Flooding was reported at the intersection of Thomas Drive and Huff Street near Panama City Beach. Water was one to three feet deep.

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
Lower Grand Lagoon0.4 miles17
Upper Grand Lagoon1.6 miles17
Magnolia Beach2.1 miles17
Gulf Lagoon Beach2.1 miles17
Delwood Beach2.4 miles17
Panama City Beach3.4 miles17
West Panama City Beach3.4 miles17
Long Beach Resort3.6 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122544128The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278781. 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.