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Seminole Hills, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Southport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32437. It stands on Otter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Seminole Hills quadrangle.

Seminole Hills within Bay County

Then and now

1943 to 1988

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Seminole Hills, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Seminole Hills, surveyed 1943

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Seminole Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,126 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 4 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
Natural29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSTEELFIELD (03)
25 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03 / STEELFIELD/OTTER CREEK
24 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service66-BUNKER RD 2005-02-0567
8 August 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03/PINE LOG FIRE2007-02-0884

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bay 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 Seminole Hills: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. 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
Panhandle Sand & Clay, Inc. - Steelfield MineSandUnknown
Washington Co. Comm. - Ebro MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Bay County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seminole Hills in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2026: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021FloodSeminole Hills$722,000Heavy rainfall up to 9 inches in some areas of Bay county led to significant flooding. Total flood damages in Bay county were estimated by emergency management to be near $722K, including $80K for Category B emergency protective measures, $600K for Category C roads and bridges, and $42K for Category E public buildings and equipment.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindSeminole Hills-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bay 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
Pine Log2.5 miles16
Laird4.0 miles16
West Bay6.6 miles18
Hollywood Beach8.1 miles16
Sunnyside8.3 miles16
Laguna Beach9.0 miles16
Gulf Resort Beach10.4 miles16
Open Sands12.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 290836. 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.

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.