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Pine Log, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Southport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32437. It stands on Threemile Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bruce quadrangle.

Pine Log within Bay County

Then and now

1944 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pine Log, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Pine Log, surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Pine Log between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,371 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 4 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
Natural22
Debris and open burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
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
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSTEELFIELD (03)
25 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03 / STEELFIELD/OTTER CREEK
24 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03/PINE LOG FIRE2007-02-0884
7 August 1992Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 1992Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bay County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Pine Log: 5 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Bay County

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Log in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2024Flash FloodPine Log-Highway 79 was flooded just past Steelfield Road headed north. Semi tractor trailers were pulling over, and low cars could not pass through the flooded area.
January 2010Flash FloodPine Log-Heavy rain produced flash flooding over many areas across northwest FL and the adjacent panhandle. Wakulla county reported 6-7 inches of rain during the mid to late morning, with 3-6 inches across most of the region beginning late Wednesday night (Jan. 20th). There were widespread reports of flooded roadways, with water in some homes in Wakulla county. FSU campus in Tallahassee reported 50-60 cars flooded. Two hikers were stranded and clinging to trees along the Florida Trail near Freeport in Walton county.

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
Seminole Hills2.5 miles16
Laird6.2 miles16
West Bay8.2 miles18
Hollywood Beach10.6 miles16
Sunnyside10.8 miles16
Laguna Beach11.3 miles16
Gulf Resort Beach12.5 miles16
San Carlos Chacatos (historical)12.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295541. 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.