Red Head, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32462. It stands on Red Head Branch. The Survey maps it on the Red Head quadrangle. It stands 98 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1945 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 49 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1945 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1945 USGS Red Head quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Red Head quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Red Head quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Red Head quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Red Head between 1992 and 2019, burning about 431 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2016 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | MOODY PASTURE (67) |
| 7 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PINE LOG # 2 |
| 12 July 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 2007 | Natural | 3.3 acres | Florida Forest Service | 67/MOODY PASTURE-0681 |
| 22 June 2000 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Red Head: 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay County Board of Co. Comm. - Ebro Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Spears Camp Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Dot Marianna - Ebro Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Granger Asphalt Paving, Inc. - Granger Ebro Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Gulf Asphalt Corp. - Ebro Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Gulf Asphalt Corp. - Gulf Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Herry Gwin Co. - Gwin Pit | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Head in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2022: 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Red Head | - | A tornadic debris signature was observed on dual-pol radar in a forested area with tree damage. No structural damage was reported. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Red Head | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ebro | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Bunker Donation | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Millers Ferry | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Live Oak | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| New Hope | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Holmes Valley | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Crystal Lake | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Norum | 8.9 miles | 13 |
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 Red Head | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7304238 | 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 294903. 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.








