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.
Then and now
1949 to 1978The 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 sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1949 USGS Laurel Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Laurel Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Dorcas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
214 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 52 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PARKER FIRE - 1011 |
| 13 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorcas Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mossy Head Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Campbell Sand and Gravel - Mossy Head Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| David Johnson - David Johnson | Sand | Producer | ||
| Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Mossy Head | Sand | Producer | ||
| Mossy Head (Adams Sand Co.) | Sand | Producer | ||
| Rodney G. Greenway, Inc. - Mossy Head | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2012Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Flood | Pond Creek | 1 killed | Flood 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 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Pond Creek | $10,000 | A 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pond Creek | $5,000 | Multiple trees and power lines were blown down across Walton county. |
| April 2021 | Flash Flood | Pond Creek | - | Crowder Chapel Road and Hinote Road were flooded. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pond Creek | - | A large part of a tree was blown down across Laird Road. |
| February 2012 | Heavy Rain | Pond Creek | - | A storm total rainfall of 3.03 inches was measured at CWOP site DW4491 near Mossy Head. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mossy Head | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Forest Highlands | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| New Harmony | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Ealum | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Gordon | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Liberty | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Alpine Heights | 10.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cluster Springs | 10.2 miles | 12 |
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.






