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Garnier, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fort Walton Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32547. It stands on Chula Vista Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Fort Walton Beach quadrangle.

Garnier within Okaloosa County

Then and now

1938 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 56 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Garnier, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Garnier, surveyed 1938

On record in Garnier

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

4 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Garnier between 2001 and 2017, burning about 1,064 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
10 March 2013Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLOVEJOY (46)
21 November 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,050 acresEglin Air Force BaseHIDDEN
21 November 2006Recreation and ceremony10 acresFlorida Forest Service430
14 November 2001Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 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 Garnier: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Beal MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okaloosa County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garnier in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 2025Flash FloodGarnier-Heavy rain caused multiple roads to be flooded with a few road closures.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindGarnier-Severe thunderstorm winds produced damage to an apartment complex where the brick siding was torn off a building. In the immediate area, trees and power lines were downed. A 5 feet by 8 feet metal advertising sign was also destroyed nearby.

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
Longwood0.7 miles18
Ocean City1.3 miles18
Shalimar1.4 miles18
Wright2.0 miles18
Lake Lorraine2.2 miles18
Cinco Bayou2.5 miles18
Eglin Village3.3 miles18
Fort Walton Beach3.7 miles18

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 Q122553595The 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 294373. 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.