Choctaw Bay Estates, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Walton Beaches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32459. It stands on McQuage Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Freeport quadrangle.
Then and now
1936 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1936 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1936 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Freeport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:50000
- 1978 USGS Fort Walton Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:50000
Fires near this place
152 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Choctaw Bay Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,000 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 10 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2020 | Natural | 270 acres | Florida Forest Service | BUNKER COVE (66) |
| 3 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/HWY 283-0939 |
| 22 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | W WILD BLUEBERRY WAY (66) |
| 22 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/PWSF-0620 |
| 21 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HWY 98 1309 (66) |
| 20 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LYNN DRIVE (66) |
| 19 September 2015 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | INTERCOASTAL (66) |
| 14 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 Choctaw Bay Estates: 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 Defuniak Springs - Stiller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Washington | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Choctaw | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Bunker | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Grayton Beach | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Fluffy Landing | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Watercolor | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| La Grange Point | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Seaside | 3.9 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 Q122562465 | 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 301675. 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.









