Sandestin, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Walton Beaches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32550. It sits by Topsail Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Choctaw Beach quadrangle.
Then and now
1935 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1935 against another survey:
On record in Sandestin
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
GOVERNOR STONE (schooner)National Historic Landmark · listed 1991
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1935 USGS Villa Tasso quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Villa Tasso quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Villa Tasso quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Choctaw Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Walton Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Choctaw Beach quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Sandestin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,412 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MONKS LANE |
| 23 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ROBERT RD (66) |
| 12 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/BAMBI PLACE2005-02-0562 |
| 11 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CAR FIRE (66) |
| 11 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 1993 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandestin in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 3 rip current, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 3 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Rip Current | Sandestin | 1 killed | Rip currents claimed the life of an elderly tourist at the Sandestin Golf and Beach resort. Three swimmers were rescued. Reported by the Tallahassee Democrat. |
| July 1996 | Rip Current | Sandestin | 1 killed | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Rip Current | Sandestin | 1 killed | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Sandestin | $550,000 | A tornado touched down and damaged numerous homes near U.S. Highway 98. Numerous trees and power lines were snapped. Reported by the Walton County EMA. |
| January 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandestin | $2,000 | A power line was blown down on private property in the Sandestin area. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Sandestin | - | Dime size hail. Reported by the Walton County EMA. |
| September 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Sandestin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Village of Baytowne Wharf | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Gulf Pines | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Four Mile Village | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Tang-O-Mar Beach | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Miramar Beach | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Turquoise Beach | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Seascape | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Grosh | 2.7 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122538930 | 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 1955351. 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.
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.








