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.
Then and now
1936 to 1996The 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.


Compare 1936 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1936 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1974 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:50000
- 1978 USGS Fort Walton Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Point Washington quadrangle1:50000
Fires near this place
59 since 1994Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 1997 | Natural | 90 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 1997 | Natural | 70 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 66/FLOWERS FIRE-0917 |
| 12 August 1998 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panama City-Phillips Inlet Placer | Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Zirconium | Occurrence | Staurolite, Kyanite, Zircon, Rutile, Leucoxene, Ilmenite | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alys Beach | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Seacrest Beach | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Rosemary Beach | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Inlet Beach | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Seagrove Beach | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Seaside | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Watercolor | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Choctaw | 6.5 miles | 17 |
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.









