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.
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 13 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 Glendale quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Glendale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Gaskin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
98 since 1992Regional 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 use | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2015 | Flash Flood | Caney Creek | $10,000 | The road was washed out at Harrison Road and Brown Road. Damage was estimated. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caney Creek | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down and arcing along Highway 2 in northern Walton County. |
| April 2021 | Flash Flood | Caney Creek | - | Highway 83 and Bell Road was impassible. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caney Creek | - | A tree was blown down onto Brown Road. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Caney 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 2016 | Tornado (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 2015 | Flash Flood | Caney 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 2012 | Flood | Caney 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 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Caney Creek | - | Tornado touchdown at the intersection of Caney Creek and Florida Highway 2 just near Caney Creek. Numerous pine tree tops snapped. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Cluster Springs | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Sand Hill | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Ealum | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| New Harmony | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Glendale | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Gaskin | 6.2 miles | 13 |
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.






