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Long Point, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Panama City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32404. It stands on Pitts Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Long Point quadrangle.

Long Point within Bay County

Then and now

1944 to 1988

The 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 sheet of Long Point, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Long Point, surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Long Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 501 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 12 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 minor33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Debris and open burning5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceREDFISH POINT (03)
15 August 1995Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2009Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03/#1 LIGHTNING WESTERN-0563
12 August 2009Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03/#2 LIGHTNING MIDDLE-0565
12 August 2009Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03/#3 LIGHTNING EASTERN-0564
5 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service530
24 July 2000Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 July 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bay County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Long Point: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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
Fla. Asphalt & PavingSandProducer
Bay Co. PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Calloway PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulf Asphalt Corp.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Parker1.3 miles15
San Blas1.7 miles16
Cromanton1.7 miles18
Bay Harbor2.5 miles15
Beacon Beach2.6 miles18
Old Callaway2.7 miles15
Springfield2.8 miles15
Millville3.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 286041. 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.