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Caney Creek, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Paxton-Darlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32433. The Survey maps it on the Gaskin quadrangle.

Caney Creek within Walton County

Then and now

1949 to 1978

The 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 sheet of Caney Creek, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Caney Creek, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Caney Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 893 acres in total. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use31
Debris and open burning23
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
9 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 1996Debris and open burning2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Storms near this place

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caney Creek in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 3 flash flood, 2 tornado, 2 flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2015Flash FloodCaney Creek$10,000The road was washed out at Harrison Road and Brown Road. Damage was estimated.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindCaney Creek$2,000Power lines were blown down and arcing along Highway 2 in northern Walton County.
April 2021Flash FloodCaney Creek-Highway 83 and Bell Road was impassible.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindCaney Creek-A tree was blown down onto Brown Road.
January 2017FloodCaney Creek-Water was over the north bound lane of Highway 2 near Gus Andrews Road with barricades in place. This was due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall.
January 2016Tornado (EF0)Caney Creek-Trees were blown down and a dual-pol tornadic debris signature was observed on KEVX radar along this track. No structural damage was reported in this very rural area. This tornado was rated EF0.
November 2015Flash FloodCaney Creek-Six to twelve inches of water was flowing over the road at Highway 2 in the Caney Creek area. This also contributed to a car accident according to the Walton County Sheriff's facebook page.
September 2012FloodCaney Creek-State Highway 2 at Gus Andrews Road had 6-8 inches of water on it due to areal flooding with the road department placing signs.
June 1998Tornado (F0)Caney Creek-Tornado touchdown at the intersection of Caney Creek and Florida Highway 2 just near Caney Creek. Numerous pine tree tops snapped.

Every storm recorded in Walton 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
Gordon3.9 miles14
Cluster Springs4.2 miles12
Sand Hill4.4 miles12
Ealum4.5 miles12
New Harmony5.0 miles13
Liberty5.5 miles12
Glendale5.6 miles12
Gaskin6.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295174. 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.

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.