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Wynnehaven Beach, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fort Walton Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32569. The Survey maps it on the Navarre quadrangle.

Wynnehaven Beach within Okaloosa 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 Wynnehaven Beach, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Wynnehaven Beach, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Wynnehaven Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,118 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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
Railroad operations and maintenance23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning13
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
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
8 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.6 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service57-SUNNYBROOK FIRE-1462
24 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceEL PASEO FIRE-1661
17 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresFlorida Forest Service57 OTEGA FIRE -0861

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okaloosa County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wynnehaven Beach in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2007Flash FloodWynnehaven Beach$10,000Many streets in the south part of the county had to be closed for several hours due to high water. The flooded streets were generally along and south of Interstate 10. Water approached several houses, but never entered any homes.
September 2020Flash FloodWynnehaven Beach-Hurricane Sally produced 10 to 20 inches of rain over Okaloosa County, with the southern portion of the county receiving the highest totals. Radar estimates indicate that some locations likely received over 20 inches. There were numerous water rescues. Numerous homes and vehicles were flooded and road closures were widespread. The Blackwater River near Baker crested at 24.5 feet, which is the fifth highest crest on record. The Shoal River near Crestview crested at 21.5 feet, which is the second highest crest on record. A portion Interstate 10 was shut down near the Shoal River at the height of the event.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWynnehaven Beach-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okaloosa 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
Harris2.4 miles18
Mary Esther6.3 miles18
Wright8.2 miles18
Fort Walton Beach8.7 miles18
Ocean City9.2 miles18
Cinco Bayou9.2 miles18
Garnier10.1 miles18
Longwood10.8 miles18

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 Wynnehaven BeachAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q96415632The 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 293555. 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.