BlockDavis Beach, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Mexico Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32403. The Survey maps it on the Beacon Hill quadrangle.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 44 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
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1944 USGS Beacon Hill quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beacon Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Port Saint Joe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Beacon Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
41 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Davis Beach between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,375 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03/DEAD END FIRE-0852 |
| 22 July 2008 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03/ALLANTON RD- 0543 |
| 19 July 2016 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | FARMDALE RD (03) |
| 18 July 1998 | Natural | 45 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 2004 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | MEXICO BEACH |
| 28 June 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 23/GILFORD DAIRY RD-0452 |
| 24 June 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CYPRESS CREEK (03) |
| 19 June 1995 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davis Beach in 1 storm report in 2025: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Davis Beach | $25,000 | A very brief tornado tracked across U.S. Highway 98, damaging fencing and signs in a new construction neighborhood. The fencing was blown from east to west across the highway. No structural damage was noted and the damage appeared consistent with an EF0 tornado with maximum winds of approximately 70 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico Beach | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Farmdale | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Allanton | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Wetappo | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Cook | 11.3 miles | 16 | |
| San Blas | 11.5 miles | 16 | |
| Long Point | 12.5 miles | 16 | |
| Beacon Beach | 13.3 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307820. 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.