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Redbay, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Redbay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32455. It lies near Hunter Hill. The Survey maps it on the Redbay quadrangle.

Redbay within Walton County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Redbay, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Redbay, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Redbay between 1992 and 2019, burning about 893 acres in total. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use36
Debris and open burning22
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Fireworks1

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
18 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 81 (66)
16 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 July 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/HWY 81-0845
19 July 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 June 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service145

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Redbay: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Ditch Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Walton County

Storms near this place

9 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redbay in 9 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRedbay$3,000A tree was blown onto a power line in the Red Bay area according to the Chelco power company facebook page.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRedbay$3,000A tree was blown down onto power lines in the Red Bay area resulting in a power outage to 213 customers.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRedbay$2,000A power outage occurred due to part of a tree falling on a power line west of Red Bay.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindRedbay$1,000Four to five trees were blown down on Dead River Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRedbay$1,000A tree was blown down across State Highway 81 north of State Road 20.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindRedbay$1,000A tree was blown down on County Highway 81.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindRedbay-A tree was blown down onto Magnolia Road.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindRedbay-Trees were blown down across several roads in Walton County.
September 2015FloodRedbay-A long duration of flooding was reported after the heavy rains ended along Bruce Creek in eastern Walton county with a photo showing McKinnon Bridge Road underwater.

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
Knox Hill3.5 miles15
Battle Ground Forks6.1 miles13
Eucheeanna6.5 miles15
Douglass Crossroads6.8 miles15
Bruce8.3 miles16
Rock Hill8.6 miles16
Miller Bend8.8 miles16
Argyle10.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 289556. 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.