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Nixon, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Youngstown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32404. It stands on South Fork Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Youngstown quadrangle.

Nixon within Bay County

Then and now

1945 to 1988

The 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 sheet of Nixon, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Nixon, surveyed 1945

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Nixon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,910 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 8 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
Natural32
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03/TOWER ROAD
7 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2016Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGRIFFIN ROAD (03)
22 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03/KELLER-0555
22 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCAMPFLOWERS RD 1307 (03)
16 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBLUEBIRD LN (03)
14 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bay County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Nixon: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gulf Asphalt - Camp Flowers Rd. PitSandProducer
Regester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bay County Board of Co. Comm. - Camp Flowers MineClayUnknown
Bay County Board of Co. Comm. - Highway 231ClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Bay County

Storms near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nixon in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2026: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2019Thunderstorm WindNixon$10,000Several trees and power lines were blown down with minor damage to roofs.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindNixon$5,000The public reported shingles blown off via mPING.
September 2020Flash FloodNixon-Highway 231 was flooded at the Bear Creek Bridge.
September 2020Flash FloodNixon-The North Bear Creek Bridge was reported overtopped.
April 2014Flash FloodNixon-The public reported a car underwater, a camper flooded, and water 2 feet from a house at 10304 River Alley Road.

Every storm recorded in Bay 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
Cairo1.8 miles14
Youngstown3.0 miles14
Majette4.3 miles15
Couch4.3 miles14
Bayou George6.2 miles15
Bennett6.4 miles15
Bayhead7.0 miles15
Saunders7.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295493. 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.