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Seminole, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Niceville-Valparaiso census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32578. It stands on Little Trout Creek. The Survey maps it on the Destin quadrangle.

Seminole within Okaloosa County

Then and now

1935 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 59 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, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Seminole, surveyed 1935

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Seminole between 2000 and 2012, burning about 121 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
25 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHOWARD ST (66)
5 July 2006Fireworksunder an acreFlorida Forest Service830
17 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresEglin Air Force BaseCASA LOMA
4 March 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/CHOCTAW BEACH-0281
15 November 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCHOCTAW BEACH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Seminole: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Niceville MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okaloosa County

Storms near this place

5 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seminole in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 2 tornado, 2 flash 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
December 1996Tornado (F2)Seminole$500,000no account filed
February 2016Thunderstorm WindSeminole$10,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts between 60 and 70 mph downed two large trees with another tree falling onto a truck.
July 2013Tornado (EF0)Seminole$5,000Brief tornado moved north from Choctawhatchee Bay and quickly dissipated after producing minor damage to the roofing of some buildings. A few roofing tiles were blown off.
October 2021Flash FloodSeminole-Raintree Blvd is closed due to flooding.
April 2008Flash FloodSeminole-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okaloosa 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
Dana Point3.0 miles18
Postil4.0 miles18
Niceville4.6 miles20
Valparaiso5.3 miles19
Eglin Village7.0 miles18
Destin7.5 miles18
Lake Lorraine8.6 miles18
Shalimar9.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 290827. 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.