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Rosemary Beach, 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 32461. The Survey maps it on the Point Washington quadrangle.

Rosemary Beach within Walton County

Then and now

1936 to 1996

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Rosemary Beach, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Rosemary Beach, surveyed 1936

Compare 1936 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Rosemary Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 812 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 5 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
Natural17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use60 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 1997Natural90 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 1997Natural70 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use35 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rosemary Beach: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Zirconium, 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
Bay-Walton Services, L. C. - Beaches MineSandUnknown
Panama City-Phillips Inlet PlacerTitanium-Heavy Minerals, ZirconiumOccurrenceStaurolite, Kyanite, Zircon, Rutile, Leucoxene, Ilmenite
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working 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
Seacrest Beach0.4 miles17
Inlet Beach0.5 miles17
Alys Beach0.8 miles17
Seacrest1.5 miles17
Seagrove Beach6.6 miles17
Seaside7.2 miles17
Watercolor7.5 miles17
Choctaw7.7 miles17

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 Rosemary BeachAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7368310The 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 1955359. 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.