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Vicksburg, Florida

19 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 32409. The Survey maps it on the Southport quadrangle.

Vicksburg 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 Vicksburg, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Vicksburg, surveyed 1943

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

167 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Vicksburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,868 acres in total. 32 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
Debris and open burning43
Natural32
Railroad operations and maintenance30
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
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
8 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCANAL FIRE (03)
5 September 1995Natural75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1992Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2004Debris and open burning35 acresFlorida Forest ServiceF&W FORESTRY CB ESCAPE
27 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03/RACCOON RD-0620
22 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03/AIRPORT COMMAND 0554
11 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARY ANN DR (03)
7 August 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bay County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Vicksburg: 6 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Bay County

Storms near this place

32 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vicksburg in 32 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 tornado. 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
February 2021Thunderstorm WindVicksburg$5,000Windows were blown out and a small greenhouse was destroyed near Deane Bozeman School.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindVicksburg$3,000Power lines were blown down in the area.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindVicksburg$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down at Burnt Mill Creek Road and State Highway 388. Monetary damage was estimated.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindVicksburg$2,000A tree fell onto a power line near Bozeman.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindVicksburg$2,000A tree was blown down and damaged a fence off White Oaks Blvd.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindVicksburg$2,000Two trees were blown down onto power lines along Skunk Valley Road.
September 2024Flash FloodVicksburg-The Bay County Sheriff's Office reported impassable roads due to flooding.
April 2023HailVicksburg-Numerous reports of golf ball sized hail were received.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindVicksburg-Trees were blown down at White Western Springs Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindVicksburg-High winds along Highway 388 blew heavy objects into a yard. The KECP airport nearby gusted to 55 knots.
February 2021Thunderstorm WindVicksburg-Trees were blown down across the roadway near Highway 388 and Burnt Mill Creek Road.
February 2021Thunderstorm WindVicksburg-A tree was blown down on Spikes Road.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindVicksburg-A spotter measured a wind gust of 60 mph near Crystal Lake.
August 2021Flash FloodVicksburg-Flooding resulted in blocked roads and stalled cars near Southport.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindVicksburg-A report from mping was received of trees limbs blown down with shingle damage.
October 2021Flash FloodVicksburg-Highway 77 was partially closed due to flooding.
June 2018HailVicksburg-Video was posted on social media of hail estimated at quarter size from the Sand Hills area.
December 2018Tornado (EF0)Vicksburg-A brief EF0 tornado occurred in a rural, forested area of northern Bay county. There were no structures in its path. Damage consisted of trees down, which corresponded to a dual-pol tornadic debris signature from KEVX radar.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindVicksburg-The Florida Highway Patrol website reported a tree down on Spikes Road blocking the road.
March 2016HailVicksburg-WJHG-TV relayed a report of quarter size hail near the intersection of Highways 20 and 77.
August 2013Flash FloodVicksburg-Road closed due to high water near the intersection of Highway 388 and 77.
March 2012Tornado (EF0)Vicksburg-The public submitted pictures of a waterspout that moved inland from West Bay in the vicinity of Burnt Mill Creek very briefly as a tornado before quickly lifting. The tornado moved inland over a rural area and no damage was reported.
September 2011Tornado (EF0)Vicksburg-The public reported a tornado near Highway 20 around Crystal Lake. The tornado dissipated as it crossed the highway. No known damage occurred. This tornado was associated with the outer feeder bands from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee.
June 2011HailVicksburg-Quarter sized hail was reported in the northern part of the county west of Highway 77.
April 2010Heavy RainVicksburg-Radio station WMBB reported 4.2 inches of rain in two hours in the Deerpoint Lake area in northern Bay county. Several roads reported flooded.
March 2001HailVicksburg-Dime size hail reported by a WJHG-TV meteorologist.
January 2000HailVicksburg-Nickel size hail reported by the Bay County S.O.
May 1998HailVicksburg-Dime sized hail reported in the Sand Hills Subdivision off Spikes Road five miles west of Vicksburg.
June 2025HailVicksburg-no account filed
July 2025HailVicksburg-no account filed
June 2021HailVicksburg-no account filed
June 2011HailVicksburg-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
San Carlos Chacatos (historical)2.0 miles19
Southport2.8 miles19
Resota Beach4.1 miles15
Bayhead4.6 miles15
Lynn Haven5.6 miles17
Bayou George7.9 miles15
Brannonville8.0 miles15
Bennett8.4 miles15

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 VicksburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5860365The 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 295687. 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.