Highland View, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Port St. Joe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32456. The Survey maps it on the Port Saint Joe quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
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
10 surveys from 16 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 Port St. Joe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Port St. Joe quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 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 Port Saint Joe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Port St. Joe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Highland View between 1992 and 2020, burning about 832 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 1999 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 23-HIGHLAND VIEW 2005-02-0548 |
| 30 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SHELL ROAD #1 OF 3 (23) |
| 28 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SHELL ROAD #2 OF 3 (23) |
| 28 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SHELL ROAD #3 OF 3 (23) |
| 13 September 2016 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | TELEPHONE LINE RD (23) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Highland View: 1 plant, 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Magnesia Solar Evapor. Plant | Magnesite | Plant | ||
| Premier Services - Plant | Magnesite | Producer | Brine |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Highland View in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Highland View | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highland View | $2,000 | Power outages were reported due to strong winds associated with storms moving through the area. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Highland View | - | Highway 98 in Port St Joe had about a foot of water on it. |
| December 2009 | Flood | Highland View | - | U.S. Highway 98 from Avenue A to Industrial Road in Port St Joe was closed by flood water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milltown | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Port Saint Joe | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Oak Grove | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Ward Ridge | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Niles | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Joe Beach | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| White City | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Beacon Hill | 6.9 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Highland View | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q11002985 | 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 284013. 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.









