Carrabelle Beach, Florida
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Eastpoint census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32322. It stands on Boggy Jordan Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Carrabelle quadrangle.
Then and now
1943 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 45 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
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1943 USGS Carrabelle quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Carrabelle quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Carrabelle quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Carrabelle quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Carrabelle quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
119 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Carrabelle Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 362 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (19) RIVER ROAD FIRE |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (19) SANBORN ROAD FIRE |
| 28 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | (19) WARREN BLUFF COMMAND |
| 20 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (19) SAND SPUR FIRE |
| 20 September 1996 | Smoking | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | LAGOON (19-5) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carrabelle Beach in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 3 waterspout, 2 tornado, 1 storm surge/tide, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2002 | Storm Surge/Tide | Carrabelle Beach | $500,000 | Storm surge heights of four feet combined with large battering waves eroded sand up to five feet deep at Dog Island. Two homes partially collapsed. At St. George Island, moderate beach erosion occurred. Overwash undermined a portion of Highway 98 near Carrabelle Beach. Reported by the Franklin County EMA. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrabelle Beach | - | Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage along Frank McKamey Way. |
| June 2000 | Waterspout | Carrabelle Beach | - | Large waterspout sighted near Dog Island. Reported by the Franklin County EMA. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Carrabelle Beach | - | A waterspout briefly came ashore and dissipated. No damage indicated. Reported by the Franklin County EMA. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Carrabelle Beach | - | A waterspout came ashore over Dog Island. No injuries or damage. Reported by the public and the Franklin County Sheriff. |
| July 2000 | Waterspout | Carrabelle Beach | - | A waterspout was sighted just offshore of Dog Island. Reported by the public on Dog Island and Carrabelle Beach. |
| November 1998 | Waterspout | Carrabelle Beach | - | Several waterspouts sighted off St. George Island and Carrabelle Beach. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrabelle Lighthouse | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Carrabelle | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Yent Place | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Lanark Village | 5.9 miles | 20 | |
| High Bluff | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| Pine Log | 7.7 miles | 20 | |
| Big Blackjack Landing | 7.9 miles | 20 | |
| Green Point | 9.4 miles | 17 |
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 Q122543415 | 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 280070. 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.










