White City, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Port St. Joe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32465. The Survey maps it on the White City quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 44 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
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1944 USGS White City quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS White City quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Port Saint Joe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS White City quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of White City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,706 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 3 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 | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | 23/WHITE CITY FIRE-0936 |
| 8 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 1999 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | 23/CC RD 20-0520 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of White City: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
8 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White City in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | White City | $2,000 | Trees were blown down onto power lines on Highway 71 near the Five Acre Farm. |
| January 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | White City | $2,000 | A power line was blown down at Highway 71 and Industrial Road. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | White City | $1,000 | The Gulf county 911 call center reported that a couple of trees were blown down north of White City. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | White City | - | A tree was blown down across Doc Whitfield road. |
| March 2024 | Hail | White City | - | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | White City | - | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | White City | - | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | White City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milltown | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Highland View | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Port Saint Joe | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Niles | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Ward Ridge | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Oak Grove | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Joe Beach | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Dalkeith | 9.1 miles | 15 |
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 White City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7994546 | 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 294969. 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.









