Wright, Florida
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fort Walton Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32547. The Survey maps it on the Mary Esther quadrangle. 26,277 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 43 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1938 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 56 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 figuresWright grew from 23,127 to 26,277 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 | 23,127 | |
| 2020 | 26,277 | +3,150 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1938 USGS Mary Esther quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Walton Beach quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Mary Esther quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Walton Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Mary Esther quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Wright between 2001 and 2017, burning about 5,311 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2007 | Natural | 520 acres | Eglin Air Force Base | PINE ISLAND |
| 28 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,765 acres | Eglin Air Force Base | RUNWAY |
| 10 March 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LOVEJOY (46) |
| 21 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,050 acres | Eglin Air Force Base | HIDDEN |
| 21 November 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | 430 |
| 14 November 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 October 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 962 acres | Eglin Air Force Base | A-78 |
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 Wright: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beal Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean City | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Garnier | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Longwood | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Cinco Bayou | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Shalimar | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Mary Esther | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Fort Walton Beach | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Lorraine | 4.0 miles | 18 |
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 Wright | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2423767 | 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 293539. 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.







