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Hiland Park, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Panama City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32405. The Survey maps it on the Panama City quadrangle. 999 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 36 feet above sea level.

Hiland Park within Bay County

Then and now

1943 to 1988

The 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 sheet of Hiland Park, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Hiland Park, surveyed 1943

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

249 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 249 fires within 5 miles of Hiland Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,289 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 29 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
Misuse of fire by a minor63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use24
Debris and open burning20
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Smoking18
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony11
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03 / HUNTING LEASE
8 September 2005Fireworks30 acresFlorida Forest Service03 / LOST FIRE
7 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use60 acresFlorida Forest Service03 / CROSSROADS FIRE
25 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03/AZALEA CIRCLE-0615
23 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03-STAR & TRAM RD 2005-02-0572
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bay County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hiland Park: 7 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Cato Enterprises, Inc. - Transmitter Road MineSandUnknown
Fla. Asphalt & PavingSandProducer
Gulf AsphaltSandProducer
Pitts Sd. & Gravel - MowatSandProducer
Bay Co. PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bay PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Calloway PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulf Asphalt Corp.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pitts Sand Co. Lynn Haven PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bay County

Storms near this place

12 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hiland Park in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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
April 2023Thunderstorm WindHiland Park$25,000Structural damage to a few houses was reported on Douglas Road.
October 1997Tornado (F0)Hiland Park$20,000Numerous public sightings of a small tornado moving through East Heritage subdivision near Hiland Park. Minor roof damage reported.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindHiland Park$10,000Damage was reported to outbuildings and a motor home parked in a RV carport.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindHiland Park$10,000Numerous power lines were blown down across Bay county.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHiland Park$5,000A tree was blown down onto a house on Keldave Ct. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHiland Park$250More than 2,500 Bay County residents lost power after a large tree fell on a power line on U.S. Highway 231 north of U.S. Higwhay 98.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindHiland Park-Trees were blown down in the woods along Transmitter Road.
December 2023FloodHiland Park-Minor flooding was reported on Douglas and Wakulla Roads.
October 2021Flash FloodHiland Park-The intersection of Game Farm Road and Transmitter Road was closed due to flooding.
September 2018HailHiland Park-Nickel size hail was reported on Highway 231 north of Panama City.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindHiland Park-A tree was blown down on Highway 231, blocking the road.
September 2011Heavy RainHiland Park-A 72 hour rainfall total of 4.77 inches was reported by the Florida COOP site PCYF1.

Every storm recorded in Bay 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
Dirego Park0.9 miles17
Cedar Grove2.1 miles17
Brannonville2.4 miles15
Glenwood2.6 miles17
Lynn Haven3.3 miles17
Springfield3.4 miles15
Panama City3.4 miles17
Millville3.4 miles17

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 Hiland ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1618106The 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 284019. 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.