New Home, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the DeFuniak Springs census division. It stands on Brier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Portland quadrangle.
Then and now
1935 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 43 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 16 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.
- 1935 USGS De Funiak Springs quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS De Funiak Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS De Funiak Springs quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of New Home between 1993 and 2019, burning about 5,575 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 June 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 May 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | HAROLD COSSON RD (66) |
| 23 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FOREMAN RD (66) |
| 20 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,800 acres | Eglin Air Force Base | 140 |
| 18 April 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CORNFLOWER SET #2 (66) |
| 18 April 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CORNFLOWER SET #1 (66) |
| 5 March 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/FOREMAN RD #2 0219 |
| 5 March 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/FOREMAN RD-0218 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Home in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Home | - | An Eglin wind sensor gusted to 71 mph. |
| July 2011 | Hail | New Home | - | The public called in a report to law enforcement of hail estimated at quarter size in the vicinity of Rock Hill Road and Eglin Territory Site C-6 Road. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Home | - | The public called in a report to law enforcement of winds estimated at 60 mph in the vicinity of Rock Hill Road and Eglin Territory Site C-6 Road. |
| May 2010 | Heavy Rain | New Home | - | A mesonet station measured 3.97 inches of rain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steele Church | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Sconiers Mill | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Rock Hill | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Cosson Mill | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Portland | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Freeport | 8.8 miles | 16 | |
| Alpine Heights | 9.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295484. 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.







