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.
Then and now
1921 to 1994The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresWoodlawn 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,785 | |
| 2020 | 2,741 | +956 (+54%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1921 USGS Holley quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Holley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Holley quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Holley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Holley quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Walton Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Holley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
170 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 48 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 42 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RED HERON (57) |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | KIT LANE (57) |
| 21 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | PRIMARY SCHOOL FIRE - 1110 |
| 8 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 acres | Florida Forest Service | RIVER BIRCH (57) |
| 31 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CAMDEN (57) |
| 30 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pensacola Bay Placer | Titanium-Heavy Minerals | Occurrence | Rutile, Zircon, Ilmenite | |
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
9 since 2006Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodlawn Beach | $60,000 | Winds 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodlawn Beach | $50,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm damaged several roofs and skirting was blown from manufactured homes near East Bay Heights. |
| November 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Woodlawn Beach | $20,000 | A 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 2014 | Flood | Woodlawn Beach | $10,000 | Heavy rain caused a vehicle to be partially submerged near the community life center. |
| July 2008 | Lightning | Woodlawn Beach | $10,000 | Lightning struck a home near Midway and started a fire in the attic. The fire was quickly extinguished. |
| January 2016 | Lightning | Woodlawn Beach | $5,000 | Lightning hit a house on Madura Road. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodlawn Beach | - | WeatherSTEM station 0325W 5.4 E Oriole Beach (Woodlawn Beach Middle School) gusted to 62mph. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Woodlawn Beach | - | Quarter size hail reported on Burgren Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Point | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Oriole Beach | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Holley | 6.0 miles | 20 | |
| Navarre | 6.8 miles | 18 | |
| Muddy Ford | 7.1 miles | 20 | |
| Harper | 7.1 miles | 20 | |
| Dickerson City | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Gulf Breeze | 9.4 miles | 16 |
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 Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16062417 | 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 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.









