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Piney Grove, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Paxton-Darlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32433. It stands on Polecat Branch. The Survey maps it on the Liberty quadrangle.

Piney Grove within Walton County

Then and now

1949 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Piney Grove, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Piney Grove, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

199 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Piney Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 501 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 6 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 maintenance67
Debris and open burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use23
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Smoking10
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism6
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMCLENDON RD (66)
5 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service66 / HARRISON DRIVE
23 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/HWY 183, NORTH-0962
23 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burning7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSMITH RD (66)
20 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/DVORAK DR-0958
17 September 2010Fireworksunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/SMITH RD-0535
16 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Piney Grove: 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dot Defuniak Springs - Collinsworth MineSandUnknown
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect

Every working recorded in Walton County

Storms near this place

13 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Piney Grove in 13 storm reports between 2006 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 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
August 2011Thunderstorm WindPiney Grove$3,000Several trees were blown down on Lake Holly Circle off of Route 331 North. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindPiney Grove$500A tree was blown down on State Highway 83 and blocked one lane of traffic.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindPiney Grove$500A single tree was blown down along Highway 83 near County Road 185. No other damage was reported in the county.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindPiney Grove-Trees were blown down near Sunrise and Highway 331 North.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindPiney Grove-A large tree blew down along Highway 83.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPiney Grove-Several trees were blown down.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindPiney Grove-A tree was blown down at 83 Institution Road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindPiney Grove-Trees were blown down near Sunrise Road.
December 2014Flash FloodPiney Grove-A 10 foot swath of water was completely covering the southbound lane of US Highway 83 South near De Funiak Springs.
April 2014HailPiney Grove-A friend of a spotter estimated nickel to quarter size hail on Highway 83 north of De Funiak Springs.
September 2012FloodPiney Grove-Old Landfill Road and Spradlin Road were closed with standing water at least 1 foot deep due to areal flooding.
July 2009FloodPiney Grove-Over six inches of water covered County Road 1883 just east of State Road 83.
April 2006HailPiney Grove-Penny size hail reported by the Walton County Sheriff.

Every storm recorded in Walton 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
Center Ridge1.9 miles12
Sand Hill3.9 miles12
Glendale4.2 miles12
Dixon4.4 miles17
Liberty4.5 miles12
Cluster Springs4.6 miles12
Union4.7 miles12
De Funiak Springs5.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295545. 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.