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Center Ridge, Florida

12 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. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Glendale quadrangle.

Center Ridge 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 Center Ridge, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Center Ridge, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Center Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 299 acres in total. 7 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 maintenance46
Debris and open burning28
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking10
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMCLENDON RD (66)
23 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/HWY 183, NORTH-0962
23 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/DVORAK DR-0958
16 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Center Ridge: 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect

Every working recorded in Walton County

Storms near this place

3 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center Ridge in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
January 2026Thunderstorm WindCenter Ridge$5,000There were reports of trees and power lines down along with roof damage along Highway 83.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindCenter Ridge-Trees were blown down along Ingle Road.
April 2004HailCenter Ridge-Nickel size hail reported by a trucker on Interstate 10.

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
Piney Grove1.9 miles12
Union2.8 miles12
Glendale4.3 miles12
Dixon4.8 miles17
Koerber5.3 miles15
Walcan5.4 miles15
Sand Hill5.6 miles12
De Funiak Springs5.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301690. 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.