Green Point, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Eastpoint census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32328. It stands on Porters Bar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Green Point quadrangle.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 44 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
10 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.
- 1944 USGS Green Point quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Green Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Carrabelle quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Green Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
132 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Green Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,444 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 9 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 use | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FORT (19-5) |
| 6 September 1992 | Natural | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SAGO (19-5) |
| 18 September 2019 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SEAHAWK FIRE-(19)-0553 |
| 14 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SEAHAWK FIRE-(19)-0436 |
| 13 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Green Point: 3 unknowns. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Tallahassee - 110-Acre Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Dot Tallahassee - C.C. Land Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Dot Tallahassee - Yent Bayou Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green Point in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2026: 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Point | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down near Highway 65 and Highway 98. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Point | $2,000 | Shingles were blown off as reported through mPING. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Point | $2,000 | A power line was blown down at Highway 65 and Teresa Ave. |
| December 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Point | - | A Tempest weather station gusted to 61 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastpoint | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Magnolia Bluffs | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| High Bluff | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Creels | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Saint George Island | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Apalachicola | 8.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hays Place | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Carrabelle Lighthouse | 8.4 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 283398. 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.









