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.
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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 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 Navarre quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Walton Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional 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 maintenance | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.6 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 57-SUNNYBROOK FIRE-1462 |
| 24 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | EL PASEO FIRE-1661 |
| 17 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 57 OTEGA FIRE -0861 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2007 | Flash Flood | Wynnehaven Beach | $10,000 | Many 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 2020 | Flash Flood | Wynnehaven 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wynnehaven Beach | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Mary Esther | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Wright | 8.2 miles | 18 | |
| Fort Walton Beach | 8.7 miles | 18 | |
| Ocean City | 9.2 miles | 18 | |
| Cinco Bayou | 9.2 miles | 18 | |
| Garnier | 10.1 miles | 18 | |
| Longwood | 10.8 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 Wynnehaven Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q96415632 | 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 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.









