Brannonville, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Panama City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32404. It stands on Minge Branch. The Survey maps it on the Springfield quadrangle.
Then and now
1945 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 43 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
8 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.
- 1945 USGS Parker quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
295 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 295 fires within 5 miles of Brannonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,886 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 29 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 minor | 73 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 26 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 03 / HUNTING LEASE |
| 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 |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03 / CROSSROADS FIRE |
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03/HALSEY CIRCLE-0941 |
| 25 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 03/AZALEA CIRCLE-0615 |
| 23 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 03-STAR & TRAM RD 2005-02-0572 |
| 2 September 2004 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | KENT RD FIRE |
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 Brannonville: 7 producers, 2 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Co. Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bay Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Calloway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pitts Sand Co. Lynn Haven Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bay County Board of Co. Comm. - Majette Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Cato Enterprises, Inc. - Transmitter Road Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Fla. Asphalt & Paving | Sand | Producer | ||
| Gulf Asphalt | Sand | Producer | ||
| Pitts Sd. & Gravel - Mowat | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brannonville in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2014 | Lightning | Brannonville | $200,000 | Lightning destroyed a home on Oak Forest Road in the Hiland Park area of Lynn Haven. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| March 2022 | Flash Flood | Brannonville | $3,000 | Flooding was reported in homes near the area of 3900 Silver Spur Road. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brannonville | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down near Transmitter Road on Highway 231. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brannonville | - | An Ambient weather station gusted to 62 mph. |
| February 2013 | Hail | Brannonville | - | The public reported quarter size hail on WJHG's facebook page. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Brannonville | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Hail | Brannonville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiland Park | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Lynn Haven | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Dirego Park | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bayou George | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Cedar Grove | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Glenwood | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Springfield | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Callaway | 5.1 miles | 15 |
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 Q122595511 | The 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 279338. 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.







