Hollywood Beach, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Panama City Beaches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32413. The Survey maps it on the Seminole Hills quadrangle.
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
9 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 Seminole Hills quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Seminole Hills quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Seminole Hills quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Seminole Hills quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Hollywood Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,462 acres in total. 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03/#3 S POWERLINE-0593 |
| 5 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03/#1 E.HWY 79-0591 |
| 17 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | POWERLINE RD (03) |
| 15 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 Hollywood Beach: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Zirconium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay-Walton Services, L. C. - Beaches Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Panama City-Phillips Inlet Placer | Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Zirconium | Occurrence | Staurolite, Kyanite, Zircon, Rutile, Leucoxene, Ilmenite |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hollywood Beach in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 tornado, 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 2014 | Flood | Hollywood Beach | $5,000,000 | Heavy rain from the previous week breached the levee in the Intracoastal Waterway at the Bay-Walton county line, shutting down barge traffic. This resulted in a local gas shortage for Panama City as none of the barges could deliver gasoline to the local market. The Army Corps of Engineers estimated that a permanent fix will cost up to $5 million. |
| April 2014 | Flood | Hollywood Beach | $1,840,000 | Major flooding occurred across Bay county at the end of the month due to a combination of very heavy rainfall and already saturated conditions. Many roads in the county sustained damage with damage estimated at $1,591,122. In addition, some businesses suffered flood damage with estimates at approximately $250,000. |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood Beach | $10,000 | An awning blown off a building reported by the public. |
| October 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Hollywood Beach | $5,000 | A waterspout came ashore near Phillips Inlet and U.S. Highway 98. The brief tornado flipped a large truck on its side in the Winn Dixie parking lot before lifting over Powell Lake. Reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood Beach | - | Trees were blown down. This report was obtained via mping. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Hollywood Beach | - | Media showed pictures of flooding in a neighborhood in the Riviera Drive and Pompano Ave area. Water was surrounding homes and covered the road. Rainfall of around 5 inches occurred in a 3 hour period. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollywood Beach | - | A cable line was blown down in the Laguna Beach area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Laguna Beach | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Gulf Resort Beach | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Laird | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| West Bay | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Open Sands | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Florida Beach | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Bid-A-Wee | 6.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295353. 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.








