Indian Pass, Florida
17 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. It stands on Money Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Cape San Blas 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
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.
- 1943 USGS Cape San Blas quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Cape San Blas quadrangle1:24000, 2 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 Cape San Blas quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Indian Pass between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,249 acres in total. 38 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 38 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2020 | Natural | 51 acres | Florida Forest Service | DEPOT CREEK (23) |
| 6 September 2020 | Natural | 374 acres | St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge | INDIAN PASS FIRE |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | 07/CAPE SAN BLAS-0970 |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 23/ VETRO |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 23/BUFFER FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian Pass in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Indian Pass | $250,000 | A waterspout came ashore near Windward Street on Cape San Blas. The weak tornado uprooted trees and power lines, and damaged a dozen homes as it moved northeast through Port, Leeward and Angle Fish Streets. Reported by the Gulf County EMA. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Pass | $25,000 | Gazebos picked up and thrown against a house. Its windows were blown out and roof damaged. Reported by the Gulf County Sheriff. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Pass | - | An Ambient weather station gusted to 62 mph. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Pass | - | The Salinas Park WeatherSTEM gusted to 51 knots. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Indian Pass | - | Flooding was reported in the Indian Pass area. |
| August 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Indian Pass | - | A brief tornado touched down in St. Joseph Bay State Buffer Preserve just west of Indian Pass in Gulf County. Only minor damage to trees was reported. However, the tornado was confirmed via social media reports and eyewitness video obtained through a local media partner. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Pass | - | 60 mph wind gut recorded at the Cape San Blas C-MAN station. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odena | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Niles | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Ward Ridge | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Oak Grove | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Port Saint Joe | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Milltown | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Highland View | 10.5 miles | 16 | |
| White City | 13.6 miles | 14 |
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 Indian Pass | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6021206 | 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 295443. 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.
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.









