Dirego Park, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Panama City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32405. The Survey maps it on the Panama City 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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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 Panama City quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
220 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of Dirego Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 898 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Fireworks | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03 / LOST FIRE |
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03 / CROSSROADS FIRE |
| 25 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 03/AZALEA CIRCLE-0615 |
| 23 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 03-STAR & TRAM RD 2005-02-0572 |
| 17 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ORMOND ( 0 3 ) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Dirego Park: 7 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cato Enterprises, Inc. - Transmitter Road Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Fla. Asphalt & Paving | Sand | Producer | ||
| Gulf Asphalt | Sand | Producer | ||
| Pitts Sd. & Gravel - Mowat | Sand | Producer | ||
| Bay Co. Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bay Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Calloway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gulf Asphalt Corp. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pitts Sand Co. Lynn Haven Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dirego Park in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dirego Park | $25,000 | Part of the roof of the John Lee Mazda blew off as a result of straight line winds. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dirego Park | $3,000 | A tree was blown down onto a car on Bay Avenue across from Rosenwald High school in Panama City. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dirego Park | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down in the vicinity of North Bonita and East 26th Street. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dirego Park | $2,000 | The Bay county 911 dispatch reported a tree down on a power line on East 9th Ct. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Dirego Park | $1,000 | Several classrooms were flooded at Haney Technical Center with several other reports of flooded roads in the area. Some roads had standing water estimated up to 2.5 feet deep. Rainfall of 3-4 inches occurred in one hour across the area with one report of 2.5 inches of rain in 15 minutes. Water rose very rapidly and also receded very rapidly when the rain ended. |
| August 2022 | Flood | Dirego Park | - | Flooding was reported on the east bound lanes of 23rd Street in Panama City. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Dirego Park | - | A picture was posted of flooding near E 11th Ave. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dirego Park | - | A trained spotter measured a 60 mph wind gust with his own equipment. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Dirego Park | - | The public reported knee deep water at the intersection of Frank Nelson Dr and Mercedes Ave in Panama City. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiland Park | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar Grove | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Glenwood | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Panama City | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Millville | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Baker | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Pretty Bayou | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Springfield | 3.1 miles | 15 |
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 Q122560332 | 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 281584. 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.







