Wetappo, Florida
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Panama City census division. It stands on Sandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Allanton quadrangle.
Then and now
1945 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1945 USGS Allanton quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Allanton quadrangle1:25000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Allanton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Allanton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Wetappo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,374 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 7 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 | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WHIPPOORWILL MARSH (23) |
| 5 September 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WHIPPOORWILL (23) |
| 3 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2014 | Natural | 720 acres | Florida Forest Service | LATHROP BAYOU (03) |
| 9 August 1993 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 1997 | Natural | 65 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wetappo in 1 storm report in 2020: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wetappo | - | Trees were blown down on Highway 22 near the Bay and Gulf county line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allanton | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Farmdale | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Davis Beach | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Cook | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Mexico Beach | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Old Callaway | 10.0 miles | 15 | |
| San Blas | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Callaway | 10.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 298065. 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.








