Munson, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Munson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32570. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Munson quadrangle. 326 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 210 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1948 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresMunson fell from 372 to 326 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 372 | |
| 2020 | 326 | -46 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1948 USGS Munson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Munson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Munson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
235 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Munson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,406 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 99 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 99 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | KRUL LAKE PINESTRAW (57) |
| 23 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.7 acres | Florida Forest Service | 57 - FELIX SUMMERLIN ROAD FIRE |
| 19 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | JOHNNIE MC GOEY FIRE-1635 |
| 16 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | JOHNNIE MCGOEY (57) |
| 11 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | OLIVER GORDON (57) |
| 23 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | F-61 (57) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
24 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Munson in 24 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 tornado, 3 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Lightning | Munson | 2 hurt | Two people were outside barbequing at a local campground when they were struck by lightning. They were both taken to a local hospital, examined and later released. |
| August 2008 | Lightning | Munson | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Munson | $142,000 | A weak tornado blew down several trees near Munson. The tornado also caused minor damage to several homes and outbuildings. Some of the trees fell onto houses and vehicles. A fire started as a result of downed power lines burnt down a small house. No injuries were reported. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munson | $25,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph caused damage to two buildings in Munson. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Munson | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munson | $10,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees across Highway 4 in Munson. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Munson | $10,000 | Golfball sized hail cracked automobile windshields in East Milton. |
| August 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Munson | $8,000 | A weak tornado developed along the outer bands of hurricane Katrina. The weak tornado touched down along Highway 4 west of Munson. The tornado moved rapidly northwest and moved into Escambia county near Century. The weak tornado blew down several trees and power lines. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munson | $5,000 | Winds estimated at 70 mph dpowned several trees in the Blackwater State Forest. |
| August 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Munson | $5,000 | A weak tornado developed along the outer bands of hurricane Katrina. The weak tornado blew down several trees and power lines just south of Munson. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munson | $5,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees just southwest of Munson. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munson | $5,000 | A thunderstorm blew down trees near the community. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munson | $4,000 | Trees were blown down just southeast of Munson. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munson | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down in the Munson community. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munson | - | Reported from RAWS station TT670 at Blackwater Forestry Center. |
| January 2024 | Flash Flood | Munson | - | Water covering the road at the intersection of Munson Hwy and Hwy 4. |
| January 2010 | Flash Flood | Munson | - | Juniper Creek near Munson overflowing its banks. |
| December 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Munson | - | Trees down along Highway 4 on the eastern portions of Munson. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Munson | - | Fire Chief reported dime to quarter sized hail covering the ground near Munson. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Munson | - | Dime size hail was reported in the Munson community. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Munson | - | no account filed |
| February 2009 | Hail | Munson | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Munson | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Munson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simmons Crossing | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Santa Maria | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Spring Hill | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Berrydale | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Belandville | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| McLellan | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Whitfield | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fidelis | 9.7 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 Munson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5847007 | 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 294860. 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.






