Point Washington, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Walton Beaches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32459. It stands on Peach Creek. The Survey maps it on the Point Washington quadrangle.
Then and now
1936 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1936 against another survey:
On record in Point Washington
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Eden Mansionlisted 2021 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1936 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1974 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:50000
- 1978 USGS Fort Walton Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:50000
Fires near this place
117 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Point Washington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,823 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 9 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2020 | Natural | 270 acres | Florida Forest Service | BUNKER COVE (66) |
| 3 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/HWY 283-0939 |
| 22 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | W WILD BLUEBERRY WAY (66) |
| 22 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/PWSF-0620 |
| 21 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HWY 98 1309 (66) |
| 19 September 2015 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | INTERCOASTAL (66) |
| 14 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | 66/#1 BUNKER ROAD-0568 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Point Washington in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Lightning | Point Washington | $5,000 | A lightning strike caused minor damage to the roof of a home at 203 Melrose Ave in Santa Rosa Beach. Damage was estimated. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Point Washington | $3,000 | A tree limb blew down onto a transformer and resulted in a power outage to 98 customers. |
| August 2010 | Lightning | Point Washington | $2,000 | Lightning struck a home on Indiangrass Lane, which resulted in a fire. Firefighters were able to keep the damage to a minimum. One firefighter received minor injuries while battling the blaze. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Point Washington | - | Trees were blown down across Eden Gardens State Park. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Point Washington | - | Flooding was reported near the intersection of County Highway 395 and East Point Washington Road. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Point Washington | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choctaw | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Choctaw Bay Estates | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Bunker | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Seagrove Beach | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Seaside | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Watercolor | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Grayton Beach | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Fluffy Landing | 4.3 miles | 16 |
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 Point Washington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16898606 | 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 289134. 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.









