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.
Then and now
1938 to 1994The 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.


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.
Camp Pinchot Historic Districtlisted 1998 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1938 USGS Mary Esther quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Walton Beach quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Fort Walton Beach quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Walton Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Fort Walton Beach quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2001Regional 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/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 March 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LOVEJOY (46) |
| 21 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,050 acres | Eglin Air Force Base | HIDDEN |
| 21 November 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | 430 |
| 14 November 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beal Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Garnier | - | Heavy rain caused multiple roads to be flooded with a few road closures. |
| December 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garnier | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longwood | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Ocean City | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Shalimar | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Wright | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Lorraine | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Cinco Bayou | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Eglin Village | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Fort Walton Beach | 3.7 miles | 18 |
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 Q122553595 | 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 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.







