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Seacrest, 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. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Point Washington quadrangle.

Seacrest 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 Seacrest, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Seacrest, 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

59 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Seacrest between 1994 and 2020, burning about 668 acres in total. 15 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
Natural15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
31 August 1997Natural90 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 1997Natural70 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use35 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service66/FLOWERS FIRE-0917
12 August 1998Natural3.0 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Seacrest: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Zirconium, 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
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
Alys Beach0.7 miles17
Seacrest Beach1.1 miles17
Rosemary Beach1.5 miles17
Inlet Beach1.9 miles17
Seagrove Beach5.2 miles17
Seaside5.8 miles17
Watercolor6.0 miles17
Choctaw6.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1955358. 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.