Scotts Ferry, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Blountstown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32424. It sits by Coconut Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Frink quadrangle.
Then and now
1945 to 1990The same ground, surveyed 45 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
8 surveys from 14 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 Frink quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Frink quadrangle1:31680, 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
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Frink quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
49 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Scotts Ferry between 1993 and 2020, burning about 458 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | S A BRYANT RD (07) |
| 21 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RIVER RD (7) |
| 29 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RATTLESNAKE (07) |
| 29 July 1998 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SE IOLA RD (07) |
| 10 July 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scotts Ferry in 10 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotts Ferry | $2,000 | Five trees and two power lines were blown down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotts Ferry | - | A tree was blown down on Anderson Road. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Scotts Ferry | - | Marysville School Road was underwater on the north end due to flash flooding. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotts Ferry | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 71 south near Williams Memorial. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotts Ferry | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| April 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Scotts Ferry | - | A trained spotter reported that he saw a tornado briefly touch down along Highway 71 with downed trees. This tornado was rated EF0 due to the tree damage. No structures were impacted in this rural area. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Scotts Ferry | - | Captain Lynn Road was underwater. |
| January 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotts Ferry | - | A tree was blown down across Scotts Ferry Road. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scotts Ferry | - | Two trees were blown down just north of the Scotts Ferry fire department. |
| October 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Scotts Ferry | - | The KTLH and KEVX dual-pol radars detected a tornadic debris signature at this location. In addition, a member of the media conducted a survey of the area using an aerial drone. Although no damage to structures occurred, the tornado missed some residential and mobile homes by less than a mile in some cases. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted (over 30 estimated) along the path. The tornado was rated EF0 with winds estimated at 65 to 75 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaskins | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Marysville | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Iolee (historical) | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Abe Springs | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Sharpstown | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| New Hope | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Frink | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Kinard | 7.1 miles | 14 |
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 Scotts Ferry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7438152 | 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 301114. 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.







