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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.

Munson within Santa Rosa County

Then and now

1948 to 1978

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Munson, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Munson, surveyed 1948

Population over time

2 figures

Munson 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.

YearPeople Change
2010372
2020326-46 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

235 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism99
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use40
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Debris and open burning15
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceKRUL LAKE PINESTRAW (57)
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism5.7 acresFlorida Forest Service57 - FELIX SUMMERLIN ROAD FIRE
19 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use5.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceJOHNNIE MC GOEY FIRE-1635
16 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceJOHNNIE MCGOEY (57)
11 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceOLIVER GORDON (57)
23 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresFlorida Forest ServiceF-61 (57)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Rosa County

Storms near this place

24 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2002LightningMunson2 hurtTwo 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 2008LightningMunson1 hurtno account filed
December 2002Tornado (F0)Munson$142,000A 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 2009Thunderstorm WindMunson$25,000Winds estimated at 60 mph caused damage to two buildings in Munson.
May 2009Flash FloodMunson$25,000no account filed
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMunson$10,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees across Highway 4 in Munson.
May 2005HailMunson$10,000Golfball sized hail cracked automobile windshields in East Milton.
August 2005Tornado (F0)Munson$8,000A 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 2014Thunderstorm WindMunson$5,000Winds estimated at 70 mph dpowned several trees in the Blackwater State Forest.
August 2005Tornado (F0)Munson$5,000A 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 2003Thunderstorm WindMunson$5,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees just southwest of Munson.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindMunson$5,000A thunderstorm blew down trees near the community.
March 1999Thunderstorm WindMunson$4,000Trees were blown down just southeast of Munson.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMunson$1,000Several trees were blown down in the Munson community.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMunson-Reported from RAWS station TT670 at Blackwater Forestry Center.
January 2024Flash FloodMunson-Water covering the road at the intersection of Munson Hwy and Hwy 4.
January 2010Flash FloodMunson-Juniper Creek near Munson overflowing its banks.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindMunson-Trees down along Highway 4 on the eastern portions of Munson.
May 2005HailMunson-Fire Chief reported dime to quarter sized hail covering the ground near Munson.
June 1997HailMunson-Dime size hail was reported in the Munson community.
May 2014HailMunson-no account filed
February 2009HailMunson-no account filed
May 2003HailMunson-no account filed
June 1996HailMunson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Santa Rosa 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
Simmons Crossing6.2 miles13
Santa Maria6.7 miles12
Spring Hill7.2 miles13
Berrydale8.0 miles14
Belandville8.7 miles12
McLellan8.9 miles13
Whitfield9.7 miles14
Fidelis9.7 miles14

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 MunsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5847007The 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.