Campton, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Crestview census division. It stands on Jack Branch. The Survey maps it on the Crestview North quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 29 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
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1949 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Crestview North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Campton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 934 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BILL LUNDY FIRE-1146 |
| 29 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 24 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | FOX PEN (46) |
| 13 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Natural | 78 acres | Florida Forest Service | HART ROAD (46) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Campton: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Defuniak Springs - Bill Lundy Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Campton in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campton | $10,000 | Winds estimated at 70 mph uprooted a large diameter tree and caused minor damage to a house. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Campton | - | High winds downed trees an dpower lines on Plympton Road near Laurel Hill. |
| October 2017 | Flash Flood | Campton | - | Road impassable from flooding along Jack Road in Laurel Hill. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Springs | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Garden City | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Okaloo | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Auburn | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Peaden | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Silver Springs | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Laurel Hill | 7.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305441. 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.






