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Garden City, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Crestview census division. It stands on Pump Branch. The Survey maps it on the Crestview North quadrangle.

Garden City within Okaloosa County

Then and now

1949 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Garden City, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Garden City, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

199 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Garden City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,341 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 16 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
Debris and open burning49
Railroad operations and maintenance46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking8
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony2

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
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBILL LUNDY FIRE-1146
29 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1996Arson/incendiarism24 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINEWOODS DRIVE (46)
15 September 2011Debris and open burning15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFOX PEN (46)
14 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okaloosa 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 Garden City: 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 Defuniak Springs - Bill Lundy MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Okaloosa County

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garden City in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGarden City$1,500A severe thunderstorm wind gust knocked down a large tree across Florida Ave in Laurel Hill.

Every storm recorded in Okaloosa 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
Auburn0.9 miles14
Silver Springs2.1 miles14
Campton2.9 miles14
Clear Springs3.5 miles14
Crestview5.2 miles14
Peaden5.9 miles13
Okaloo6.3 miles13
Oak Grove6.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295310. 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.