Seagrove 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 32459. The Survey maps it on the Grayton Beach 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 Grayton Beach 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
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Seagrove Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,710 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/HWY 283-0939 |
| 22 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | W WILD BLUEBERRY WAY (66) |
| 22 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/PWSF-0620 |
| 21 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HWY 98 1309 (66) |
| 19 September 2015 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | INTERCOASTAL (66) |
| 14 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | 66/#1 BUNKER ROAD-0568 |
| 2 August 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROAD 28 EAST (66) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seagrove Beach in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 rip current, 1 tornado, 1 waterspout. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2002 | Rip Current | Seagrove Beach | 1 killed | An elderly man drowned while attempting to rescue a young boy from a severe rip current caused by Tropical Storm Hanna. Reported by the Walton County EMA. |
| July 1996 | Rip Current | Seagrove Beach | 1 killed | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Rip Current | Seagrove Beach | 1 killed | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Seagrove Beach | $500,000 | Two waterspouts moved ashore at Seagrove Beach along Walton County Road 30A and Seacrest Drive. Eleven homes heavily damaged and one destroyed. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seagrove Beach | $25,000 | Minor roof damage occurred and a boa was flipped along with broken car windows. |
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seagrove Beach | $2,000 | A roof was damaged by strong winds. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seagrove Beach | $1,000 | A report was received from mping of tree limbs blown down and shingle damage. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seagrove Beach | - | A power pole was blown down near Lakeview Dr. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Seagrove Beach | - | The roads were flooded near the Buds Lane and Highway 30A areas. |
| September 2001 | Waterspout | Seagrove Beach | - | Three waterspouts were reported near Seagrove Beach by the Walton County EMA. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Seagrove Beach | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seaside | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Watercolor | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Grayton Beach | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Choctaw | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Point Washington | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Blue Mountain Beach | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Choctaw Bay Estates | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Blue Gulf Beach | 4.3 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.
| Wikipedia article on Seagrove Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29093946 | 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 290793. 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.









