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Darlington, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Paxton-Darlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32464. It stands on Dry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Darlington quadrangle.

Darlington within Walton County

Then and now

1949 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Darlington, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Darlington, surveyed 1949

Compare 1949 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Darlington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 990 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use22
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3

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
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20130905-001
28 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 July 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 July 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCOOK ROAD (66)
21 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceICEE PINE RD (66)
17 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 185 (30)
7 June 1993Smoking5.0 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Darlington: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 Sand DepositsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Walton County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Darlington in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 1 tornado. 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
July 2013FloodDarlington$11,000,000Disastrous areal flooding occurred across Walton county with a large number of county roads flooded. Transportation was severely impacted across the county. A listing of incidences of water over roads or flood-damaged roads in the county included 87 total reports. Preliminary damage estimates for the county were around $11 million.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindDarlington$500,000Three homes were destroyed just southeast of Darlington.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindDarlington$2,000A tree was blown down onto power lines on Mathews Road.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDarlington$2,000Trees were blown down on power lines along Highway 2 near Darlington. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindDarlington-A tree was down across the roadway at 1893 Mathews Road.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindDarlington-Trees were blown down on Otter Pond Road near Highway 2.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDarlington-A tree was blown down onto Otter Pond Road.
April 2014FloodDarlington-Cook Road was closed at the substation at the Alabama state line due to flooding.
September 2012FloodDarlington-Silas Road was closed due to areal flooding.
June 1998Tornado (F0)Darlington-Tornado touchdown at the junction of Florida Highway 2 and U.S. Highway 331 about five miles southwest of Darlington. Numerous pine tree tops snapped.

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
Gaskin4.5 miles13
Glendale6.3 miles12
Caney Creek8.6 miles13
Union9.7 miles12
Center Ridge9.9 miles12
Sand Hill10.2 miles12
Piney Grove10.4 miles12
Cluster Springs10.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 281297. 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.