Magnolia Beach, Florida
17 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 32408. It lies near Audubon Island. The Survey maps it on the Panama City 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
8 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 Panama City quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Magnolia Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 251 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | G MILES INTERIOR (03) |
| 8 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FRONT BEACH (3) |
| 12 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 03/BEACHWOOD BLVD-0590 |
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 Magnolia Beach: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter's Asphalt and Concreate, I - Panama City Beach Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Gulf Asphalt Corp. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Magnolia Beach in 15 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Magnolia Beach | $500,000 | A tornado was captured on video moving onshore in the St Andrew's area across W 15th Street. The tornado moved northeastward through numerous residential streets before lifting near Frankford Ave. Numerous structures were damaged along with trees and power lines. The most significant damage occurred from near W 18th Street northeastward to Clay Ave. Some residences had large sections of their roofs removed with most walls remaining standing. In addition, a house on Arthur Ave was moved four feet off its foundation. As a result, this tornado was rated EF2 with maximum estimated winds around 120 mph. A dual-pol tornadic debris signature (TDS) was evident on KEVX radar. |
| September 2012 | Lightning | Magnolia Beach | $100,000 | Lightning caused a large apartment fire on Alabama Avenue near Gulf Coast State College. The first and second story of the structure were engulfed. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia Beach | $2,000 | A tree and power lines were down on Magnolia Beach Road and West Ave. |
| December 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia Beach | $2,000 | A few utility poles were down at the intersection of Drake Street and 9th Street. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia Beach | - | The Gulf Coast State College WeatherSTEM gusted to 80 mph. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Magnolia Beach | - | Flooding was reported at the 1300 block of Beck Ave. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia Beach | - | The Gulf Coast State College WeatherSTEM gusted to 55 knots. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia Beach | - | The Gulf Coast State College WeatherSTEM gusted to 64 mph. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Magnolia Beach | - | Flooding was reported on Beck Ave between 11th Street and Highway 98. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia Beach | - | The Gulf Coast State College Weatherstem station gusted to 56 knots. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Magnolia Beach | - | Flooding on Peters Drive was at least 5 inches deep with water close to entering houses. |
| September 2021 | Flash Flood | Magnolia Beach | - | Flooding was reported along Highway 98 between the Hathaway Bridge and East Ave. There was a report of a car floating in the street, and water in a mini storage business. A ham reported 2.25 inches of rain in one hour. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia Beach | - | A 60 mph gust was measured by the WeatherSTEM site at Gulf Coast State College. |
| January 2024 | Hail | Magnolia Beach | - | no account filed |
| January 2024 | Hail | Magnolia Beach | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Grand Lagoon | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Delwood Beach | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Saint Andrew | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Lower Grand Lagoon | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Biltmore Beach | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Baker | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Bayview | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Pretty Bayou | 3.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295426. 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.







