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Pond Creek, Florida

13 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 32539. It stands on Bogy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dorcas quadrangle.

Pond Creek 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 Pond Creek, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Pond Creek, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

214 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Pond Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 697 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 12 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
Debris and open burning52
Railroad operations and maintenance46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use28
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
22 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burning10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1997Debris and open burning1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePARKER FIRE - 1011
13 August 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 August 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pond Creek: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Dorcas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mossy Head MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Campbell Sand and Gravel - Mossy Head MineSandProducer
David Johnson - David JohnsonSandProducer
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Mossy HeadSandProducer
Mossy Head (Adams Sand Co.)SandProducer
Rodney G. Greenway, Inc. - Mossy HeadSandProducer

Every working recorded in Walton County

Storms near this place

6 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pond Creek in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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
January 2017FloodPond Creek1 killedFlood waters were approaching a resident's home. He possibly made an attempt to walk to his vehicle and was swept away in the flood water. No other homes were affected. The person involved was an elderly male in a travel trailer and possibly fell when stepping outside. The water level outside was approximately 3 feet deep. This flooding was river flooding from the Shoal River.
April 2021Tornado (EF1)Pond Creek$10,000A tornado touched down in the vicinity of Crowder Chapel and Hinote Roads near the Shoal River. Several large trees were snapped or uprooted in this area. The tornado then moved east northeast snapping and uprooting several more trees along its path. One property on County Highway 1084 sustained roof damage to the primary residence, a well-built single family home. A large metal building system on the property had large garage doors blown in with subsequent uplift and removal of a substantial portion of the roof. A small garage was also destroyed. A bit further down the highway, another metal building system had a portion of its roof rolled back. The tornado lifted near County Highway 83 just south of Glendale. Damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado with maximum estimated winds around 95 mph.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindPond Creek$5,000Multiple trees and power lines were blown down across Walton county.
April 2021Flash FloodPond Creek-Crowder Chapel Road and Hinote Road were flooded.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindPond Creek-A large part of a tree was blown down across Laird Road.
February 2012Heavy RainPond Creek-A storm total rainfall of 3.03 inches was measured at CWOP site DW4491 near Mossy Head.

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
Mossy Head5.1 miles17
Forest Highlands5.9 miles18
New Harmony7.1 miles13
Ealum8.3 miles12
Gordon8.8 miles14
Liberty9.4 miles12
Alpine Heights10.0 miles17
Cluster Springs10.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294893. 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.