Carrabelle Lighthouse, 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.


On record in Carrabelle Lighthouse
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Crooked River Lighthouselisted 1978 · 0.0 miles away
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
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Carrabelle Lighthouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 325 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| 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:
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 Carrabelle Lighthouse: 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 Tallahassee - Yent Bayou Mine | Sand | Unknown |
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 Beach | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Yent Place | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Carrabelle | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| High Bluff | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lanark Village | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Pine Log | 8.4 miles | 20 | |
| Green Point | 8.4 miles | 17 | |
| Big Blackjack Landing | 8.8 miles | 20 |
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 Q122545593 | 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 295180. 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.










