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Eastpoint, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Eastpoint census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32328. The Survey maps it on the Apalachicola quadrangle. 2,614 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7 feet above sea level.

Eastpoint within Franklin 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 Eastpoint, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Eastpoint, surveyed 1943

Population over time

2 figures

Eastpoint grew from 2,337 to 2,614 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,337
20202,614+277 (+12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Eastpoint between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,078 acres in total. 13 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
Equipment and vehicle use37
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
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
6 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFORT (19-5)
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2019Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSAGO (19-5)
14 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSEAHAWK FIRE-(19)-0436
13 September 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2017Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceEAST HOLE (19)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Eastpoint: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dot Tallahassee - C.C. Land MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

15 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eastpoint in 15 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 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
April 2009Thunderstorm WindEastpoint$25,000A roof was lifted off a gas station and deposited onto a nearby vehicle.
April 2013Tornado (EF0)Eastpoint$20,000A waterspout moved ashore and became a weak tornado in the Eastpoint area. Minor roof damage occurred to two mobile homes, and some trees and power lines were blown down. Damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado with winds around 70 mph. Monetary damage was estimated.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindEastpoint$2,000Trees and power lines were down on Creamer St in Eastpoint.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindEastpoint$1,000A 49 mph wind gust was measured by a personal weather station on St George Island with a power line down nearby.
September 2024Flash FloodEastpoint-Submerged boat ramps were reported on Saint George Island due to flash flooding.
September 2024Flash FloodEastpoint-Water was covering Franklin Blvd and W Bay Shore Dr.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindEastpoint-The St George Island WeatherFlow station gusted to 61 mph.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindEastpoint-The St George Island Bridge WeatherSTEM gusted to 50 knots.
November 2022Thunderstorm WindEastpoint-Mesonet station XSTG on St George Island gusted to 62 mph.
September 2020Flash FloodEastpoint-The public reported via social media that West Bay Shore Dr was underwater.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindEastpoint-The WeatherSTEM station located on the Saint George Island bridge measured a wind gust of 60 mph.
February 2013Tornado (EF0)Eastpoint-A tornado was spotted crossing over the St. George Island Bridge. No damage occurred.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindEastpoint-A few trees were down on Wilderness Road.
January 2008HailEastpoint-Quarter size hail was reported.
April 2013HailEastpoint-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Magnolia Bluffs1.1 miles17
Green Point2.9 miles17
Saint George Island5.4 miles17
Apalachicola5.6 miles17
Creels6.1 miles16
High Bluff6.4 miles17
Two Mile7.0 miles16
Bay City7.6 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on EastpointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q524696The 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 282044. 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.