Overstreet, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wewahitchka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32465. It stands on Joe Lamb Branch. The Survey maps it on the Overstreet quadrangle.
Then and now
1943 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 45 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
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1943 USGS Overstreet quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Overstreet quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Port Saint Joe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Overstreet quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
144 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Overstreet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,667 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WHIPPOORWILL MARSH (23) |
| 6 September 2014 | Natural | 1.1 acres | Florida Forest Service | WETAPPO 155 (23) |
| 5 September 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WHIPPOORWILL (23) |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | 11 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Overstreet in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Overstreet | $10,000 | The Gulf County EMA reported roof damage to a residence. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Overstreet | $2,000 | The Gulf county 911 call center reported power lines down in Overstreet. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2021 | Flood | Overstreet | - | Minor flooding was reported with water in the roadway. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Overstreet | - | Trees were blown down across the northern half of Gulf county. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Overstreet | - | Water was reported over County Road 386 near Jarrott Daniels Road. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Overstreet | - | Several yards were reported underwater along County Road 386 due to nearly 10 inches of rain that fell in a few hours. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Overstreet | - | Dime size hail. Reported by the Gulf County EMA. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Beacon Hill | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Majette | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Joe Beach | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Gaskins Still | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Honeyville | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| White City | 11.1 miles | 14 | |
| Wetappo | 11.2 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122571337 | 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 294877. 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.









