Newport, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Wakulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32327. It stands on Moriah Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Marks quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1954 USGS St Marks quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS St. Marks quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS St Marks quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS St. Marks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Newport between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,100 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | STRICKLAND FIRE |
| 27 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 1993 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.8 acres | Florida Forest Service | (65) HAYWOOD COMMAND |
| 11 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 Newport: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannon Mines - Hannon Mine #2 | Sand | Unknown | ||
| N. G. Wade Investment Co. - Wade Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
9 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newport in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in the eastern part of the county. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $2,000 | Power outages were caused by downed trees and limbs. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $2,000 | Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage along Highway 98 near Lighthouse Road as reported by the Duke Energy Outage website. |
| January 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $2,000 | A power line was blown down at 489 Old Magnolia Rd. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $1,000 | A power line was blown down near the intersection of Highway 267 and Highway 98. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | Multiple trees were blown down. |
| March 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Newport | - | Scattered trees were blown down with a dual-pol tornadic debris signature on radar. This is a rural area with no other damage reported. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | A tree was blown down near the intersection of Highway 98 and Woodville Highway. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | - | Trees were blown down on the 7200 block of Coastal Highway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Marcos (historical) | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Marks | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Shell Island | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Wakulla | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Plum Orchard | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hyde Park | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Port Leon | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Vereen | 6.0 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 Newport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5306159 | 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 287721. 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.








