Callaway, 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 Callaway Creek. The Survey maps it on the Springfield quadrangle. 13,045 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 33 feet above sea level.
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.


Population over time
2 figuresCallaway fell from 14,405 to 13,045 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 14,405 | |
| 2020 | 13,045 | -1,360 (-9%) |
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
191 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Callaway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,409 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 26 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 | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | REDFISH POINT (03) |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03 / CROSSROADS FIRE |
| 23 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 03-STAR & TRAM RD 2005-02-0572 |
| 2 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Callaway: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fla. Asphalt & Paving | Sand | Producer | ||
| Sikes Concrete Co./Oliver Creek Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Bay Co. Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Calloway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gulf Asphalt Corp. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Callaway in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2021: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Callaway | - | Business 98 between Cherry Street and Parker was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Callaway | - | Trees were blown down in Callaway. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Callaway | - | The public reported via social media that Wabash Ave in Springfield was flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Callaway | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Springfield | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Parker | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Bay Harbor | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Cedar Grove | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Millville | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Long Point | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Cook | 3.4 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Callaway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q994981 | 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 295171. 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.







