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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.

Dirego Park within Bay County

Then and now

1943 to 1988

The 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 sheet of Dirego Park, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Dirego Park, surveyed 1943

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

220 since 1992

Regional 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 minor63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Arson/incendiarism25
Equipment and vehicle use24
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Debris and open burning15
Natural14
Smoking14
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2005Fireworks30 acresFlorida Forest Service03 / LOST FIRE
7 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use60 acresFlorida Forest Service03 / CROSSROADS FIRE
25 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03/AZALEA CIRCLE-0615
23 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03-STAR & TRAM RD 2005-02-0572
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceORMOND ( 0 3 )

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bay County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cato Enterprises, Inc. - Transmitter Road MineSandUnknown
Fla. Asphalt & PavingSandProducer
Gulf AsphaltSandProducer
Pitts Sd. & Gravel - MowatSandProducer
Bay Co. PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bay PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Calloway PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulf Asphalt Corp.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pitts Sand Co. Lynn Haven PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bay County

Storms near this place

9 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDirego Park$25,000Part of the roof of the John Lee Mazda blew off as a result of straight line winds.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDirego Park$3,000A 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 2013Thunderstorm WindDirego Park$2,000Power lines were blown down in the vicinity of North Bonita and East 26th Street. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDirego Park$2,000The Bay county 911 dispatch reported a tree down on a power line on East 9th Ct. Monetary damage was estimated.
August 2018Flash FloodDirego Park$1,000Several 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 2022FloodDirego Park-Flooding was reported on the east bound lanes of 23rd Street in Panama City.
August 2021Flash FloodDirego Park-A picture was posted of flooding near E 11th Ave.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDirego Park-A trained spotter measured a 60 mph wind gust with his own equipment.
July 2013Flash FloodDirego Park-The public reported knee deep water at the intersection of Frank Nelson Dr and Mercedes Ave in Panama City.

Every storm recorded in Bay 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
Hiland Park0.9 miles17
Cedar Grove1.6 miles17
Glenwood1.9 miles17
Panama City2.5 miles17
Millville2.8 miles17
Baker3.0 miles17
Pretty Bayou3.1 miles17
Springfield3.1 miles15

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 Q122560332The 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.