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Woodlawn Beach, Florida

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Midway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32563. The Survey maps it on the Holley quadrangle. 2,741 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Woodlawn Beach within Santa Rosa County

Then and now

1921 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Woodlawn Beach, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Woodlawn Beach, surveyed 1921

Population over time

2 figures

Woodlawn Beach grew from 1,785 to 2,741 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,785
20202,741+956 (+54%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Woodlawn Beach between 1992 and 2019, burning about 608 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Railroad operations and maintenance42
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural6
Fireworks4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRED HERON (57)
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceKIT LANE (57)
21 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServicePRIMARY SCHOOL FIRE - 1110
8 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined44 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRIVER BIRCH (57)
31 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2014Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCAMDEN (57)
30 August 1997Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Rosa 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 Woodlawn Beach: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals, 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
Pensacola Bay PlacerTitanium-Heavy MineralsOccurrenceRutile, Zircon, Ilmenite
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect

Every working recorded in Santa Rosa County

Storms near this place

9 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodlawn Beach in 9 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 tornado, 1 flood. 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
January 2016Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn Beach$60,000Winds estimated at 70 mph downed multiple trees and power lines along with causing structural damage to residences in the Gulf Breeze area near Hickory Shores and Gulf Breeze Parkway.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn Beach$50,000High winds from a thunderstorm damaged several roofs and skirting was blown from manufactured homes near East Bay Heights.
November 2018Tornado (EF0)Woodlawn Beach$20,000A short-lived EF-0 tornado touched down in wooded area southwest of the intersection of Gulf Breeze Parkway and Woodland Beach Road. This tornado then moved northeast at around 30 mph, and passed just west of the intersection before lifting north-northeast of the intersection. There was a small area of tree damage in the wooded area where several trees were leaning and a couple uprooted. Two vehicles near the intersection suffered damage with a window shattered in each vehicle from flying debris. Several signs near the intersection were bent or knocked to the ground. Some straight line wind damage also occurred in the area, most notable 1.3 miles east of the tornado track where playground equipment was thrown and destroyed by 70 mph winds.
March 2014FloodWoodlawn Beach$10,000Heavy rain caused a vehicle to be partially submerged near the community life center.
July 2008LightningWoodlawn Beach$10,000Lightning struck a home near Midway and started a fire in the attic. The fire was quickly extinguished.
January 2016LightningWoodlawn Beach$5,000Lightning hit a house on Madura Road.
March 2025Tornado (EF0)Woodlawn Beach-The tornado touched down along Champagne Ave, causing minor|shingle damage to several homes. As it crossed a culdesac at|Champagne Ave, a metal awning was destroyed, and an RV was|overturned. The tornado continued to the north, strengthening as|it neared Village Parkway. An RV was lifted and tossed|approximately 50 yards to the west, and several more homes|sustained minor shingle damage. The tornado lifted near the|intersection of Village Parkway and Marseille Drive. Special|thanks to Santa Rosa County Public Safety for their assistance|with this survey.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWoodlawn Beach-WeatherSTEM station 0325W 5.4 E Oriole Beach (Woodlawn Beach Middle School) gusted to 62mph.
September 2016HailWoodlawn Beach-Quarter size hail reported on Burgren Rd.

Every storm recorded in Santa Rosa 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
Tiger Point3.5 miles18
Oriole Beach5.4 miles17
Holley6.0 miles20
Navarre6.8 miles18
Muddy Ford7.1 miles20
Harper7.1 miles20
Dickerson City7.5 miles18
Gulf Breeze9.4 miles16

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 Woodlawn BeachAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16062417The 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 293505. 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.