Edgewater Gulf Beach, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Panama City Beaches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32407. The Survey maps it on the Panama City Beach 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 Beach quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Panama City Beach 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 Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
119 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Edgewater Gulf Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 833 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| 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 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | G MILES INTERIOR (03) |
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03/ PALMETTO TRACE-0542 |
| 2 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CHURCHWELL (03) |
| 17 September 1995 | Natural | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FRONT BEACH (3) |
| 12 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Edgewater Gulf Beach: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter's Asphalt and Concreate, I - Panama City Beach Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgewater Gulf Beach in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 2 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Edgewater Gulf Beach | $50,000 | Tornado moved onshore in along Panama City Beach just west of Lower Grand Lagoon. Only minor damage was reported in Panama City Beach. The tornado cross St. Andrew Bay and impacted the area around the marina in downtown Panama City. Several unsecured construction trailers were destroyed along with a camper trailer. The tornado continued moving east through the Cove neighborhood before dissipating just east of the North Tyndall Parkway. Reports from Bay County EMA, along with media reports from WMBB and WJHG were used to analyze this tornado. |
| September 2022 | Lightning | Edgewater Gulf Beach | $10,000 | Lightning struck a pine tree on Coyote Pass in the Glades Community, which caused a water main break. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewater Gulf Beach | $5,000 | A broadcast meteorologist from Macon, GA on vacation reported shingles peeling off the roof at the Gulf Highlands Resort. |
| December 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewater Gulf Beach | $1,000 | There were a few power outages due to wind along Front Beach Road as strong to severe storms moved through the area. There were also a few reports of strong winds on social media. Winds were measured in excess of 40 knots at the PCBF1 tide gauge nearby. |
| July 2012 | Lightning | Edgewater Gulf Beach | $1,000 | Lightning struck a power pole and knocked out power while leaving some debris in the roadway. Middle Beach Road at Hale Avenue was blocked to westbound traffic. This was reported by WJHG-TV via Twitter. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| September 2022 | Flash Flood | Edgewater Gulf Beach | - | Water was over the roadway on Alf Coleman Road. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Edgewater Gulf Beach | - | Multiple vehicles were disabled due to flooding on Richard Jackson Blvd between Back Beach and Middle Beach Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach Resort | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Panama City Beach | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| West Panama City Beach | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Bahama Beach | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Florida Beach | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Bid-A-Wee | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Gulf Lagoon Beach | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Open Sands | 2.4 miles | 17 |
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 Q122567035 | 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 282087. 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.







