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Photograph of Crestview Commercial Historic District
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Crestview Commercial Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1949.

From the record

“The Crestview Commercial Historic District is a U.S. historic district in Crestview, Florida. It is roughly bounded by Industrial Drive, North Ferdon Boulevard, North Wilson Street, and James Lee Boulevard.”

Wikipedia article Crestview Commercial Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Okaloosa County · listed in 2006 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

204 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Crestview Commercial Historic District between 1992 and 2019, burning about 759 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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 maintenance55
Misuse of fire by a minor42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Debris and open burning26
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePICKENS CIRCLE FIRE - 1116
20 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceVICTORY LANE FIRE-1101
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINEWOODS DRIVE (46)
14 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minor2.6 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROGERS FIRE

Every fire recorded in Okaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Crestview Commercial Historic District: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Sasser D Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Aultman Sand & Material - Aultman #1 MineSandUnknown
Dot Defuniak Springs - Crestview MineSandUnknown
Okaloosa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okaloosa County

Storms near this property

60 of 80 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crestview, the town this property stands in, in 80 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 32 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 14 lightning, 9 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 5 injuries. 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 1995Tornado (F2)Crestview1 killed, 3 hurt, $300,000A tornado touched down near Interstate 10 east of Crestview. The tornado then moved northwest across Okaloosa Lane and then across U.S. Highway 90 before dissipating near Highway 85. The tornado destroyed two homes and a church and severely damaged the late Bob Sikes Homestead and the Crestview High School's gymnasium. The two homes that were destroyed were along Okaloosa Lane. One home was on blocks on a concrete foundation, the home was completely destroyed and an elderly female who lived there was killed. The other home had the roof taken off and most of the insides of the home were destroyed. Three people were injured in this home and were saved when the wind blew them to the floor. The tornado was on the ground for almost two miles. F76PH
June 2004LightningCrestview2 hurtFive military personnel were outside training when lightning hit near them. Two of the personnel were transported to the hospital and later released. Three of the five refused any treatment.
May 2005LightningCrestview$100,000Lightning struck a home near Crestview. The strike started a fire and the home was destroyed.
April 2005LightningCrestview$60,000Lightning struck a garage in Crestview. The strike started a fire and the garage and two vehicles parked in it were destroyed.
August 2006LightningCrestview$50,000Lightning struck a home in the Crestview area. The strike started a fire and heavily damaged the home. No one was home at the time of the strike.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindCrestview$30,000Winds estimated at 80 mph downed large trees and ripped a roof off a house at Duke Airfield.
June 2000LightningCrestview$30,000Lightning hit a tree outside of a house. The strike ran along the trees root system into a house. The strike then knocked two brick walls down and shattered a glass patio door. The strike knocked cabinets off a kitchen wall and turned an icebox over. It also started a small fire that was quickly extinguished. No one was injured.
September 2011Tornado (EF0)Crestview$25,000Tornado touched down in a subdivision off John King Road just south of Interstate 10. At the start of the tornado path damage was observed to trees and property fences, with the windshield of an automobile knocked out by a tree limb. The tornado moved north of Interstate 10 crossing another subdivision producing damage to several fences and the roofing of a few residences.
July 2004LightningCrestview$25,000Lightning struck a home near Crestview. It appeared the lightning struck the roof and started a fire. The fire was quickly extinguished after the fire department arrived.
August 2001LightningCrestview$25,000Lightning hit a tree near a house. The lightning ran through the branches of the tree and started a fire in the roof and attic of the house. The home suffered major damage before the fire could be put out.
September 1996LightningCrestview$20,000no account filed
April 2014Thunderstorm WindCrestview$15,000A roof was blown off of a house at Duke Airfield just south of Crestview. Numerous trees were reported down.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindCrestview$15,000High winds from a thunderstorm damaged the roof on a home near Crestview. No injuries were reported.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCrestview$12,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines around Crestview.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCrestview$12,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down trees and power lines in the Crestview area.
November 2006Thunderstorm WindCrestview$12,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees and power lines near Crestview.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindCrestview$10,000Winds estimated at 70 mph downed a tree on a house.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCrestview$10,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed numerous trees across the county.
January 2010Flash FloodCrestview$10,000Numerous reports of road flooding in the Crestview area. Live Oak Church Road at the 4700 block, County Road 189 at the 6400 block, Aura Drive north of Stillwell Avenue, Stanley Lane at the Gulavar Cutoff, 1st street at Valley Road. A residence was also flooded on Stanley Lane.
July 2007LightningCrestview$10,000Lightning struck several houses around Crestview. No major damage was reported and no one was injured.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCrestview$10,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down trees and power lines just northeast of Crestview.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindCrestview$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down just west of Crestview.
July 1998LightningCrestview$10,000Lightning struck a water tower and blew a hole in it. Lightning also hit a home in the same area and started a fire. The fire was quickly put out.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCrestview$8,000Trees were blown down along State Highway 285 east of Duke Field by high winds from a thunderstorm.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCrestview$7,000Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph caused minor roof damage and also damaged a swing set.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindCrestview$6,000A house, at the intersection of Adams and Ridge Lake Road, sustained roof damage due to high winds.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCrestview$5,000Winds estimated at 60 mph caused sporadic tree and power line across the Crestview and Baker communities.
July 2004LightningCrestview$5,000Lightning struck a home near Crestview and started a fire. The fire was extinguished quickly with only minor damage to the home.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCrestview$5,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees around Crestview.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindCrestview$5,000High thunderstorm winds downed trees in the community.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindCrestview$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down near Crestview.
June 1997LightningCrestview$5,000Two houses were struck by lightning and caught on fire. Both fires were put out with minimal damage to the homes.
October 1995Thunderstorm WindCrestview$5,000Several trees and power lines were blown down north of Crestview.
January 1999LightningCrestview$4,000Lightning struck the communications system for Okaloosa County in Crestview. The 911 system was knocked off the air for several hours because of the strike.
July 1998Flash FloodCrestview$4,000Heavy rains caused flooding of several secondary roads around the Crestview area. The roads had to be closed for about an hour. Radar estimated that four to five inches of rainfall fell across the area in a two to three hour period.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindCrestview$3,000A downed tree knocked down several utility lines.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindCrestview$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down just east of Crestview.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindCrestview$2,500no account filed
December 2013Thunderstorm WindCrestview$2,000Winds estimated a 60 mph downed two trees on Antioch Road.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindCrestview$2,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed a power pole on Anticoh Road west of Crestview.
October 1997Flash FloodCrestview$2,000Heavy rains in the west part of Crestview caused flooding along Old Antioch Road. A bridge across the road had to be closed for almost an hour due to high water.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCrestview-Wind damage to an awning that was stripped off the canopy of a gas station. Paneling stripped from the side of a church building.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCrestview-Crestview mesonet measured an 84mph wind gust.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCrestview-High winds downed multiple trees and powerlines.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCrestview-Strong winds downed trees and powerlines.
April 2021Flash FloodCrestview-Flash flooding closed Antioch Road and Ashley Drive due to water over the intersection.
September 2021Flash FloodCrestview-Flooding reported at the intersection of Brookmeade Dr and Goodwin Ave, as well as Highway 85 and Main St.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCrestview-High winds downed trees and power lines in the area.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCrestview-A retired NWS employee estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 to 65 mph.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCrestview-High winds from thunderstorms downed numerous trees on the north side of Crestview.
November 2018Tornado (EF0)Crestview-A food services building and perimeter fence were damaged at the Okaloosa Correctional Facility. Based on an analysis of radar data and pictures from emergency management, the damage was the likely result of a very brief EF-0 touchdown.
May 2017Flash FloodCrestview-Heavy rain resulted in flooding at the intersection of Live oak Church road and John King road.
June 2015HailCrestview-Penny size hail was reported just south of Crestview.
September 2011Flash FloodCrestview-Heavy rain caused approximately 2 to 3 feet of water to cover roadways.
February 2010Flash FloodCrestview-Heavy rains flooded numerous roadways around the Crestview area.
December 2009Tornado (EF0)Crestview-Duke Field Fire department at Eglin Air Force base reported a tornado on the ground.
December 2009Flash FloodCrestview-Heavy rains from thunderstorms flooded several roads around Crestview.
October 2004Funnel CloudCrestview-Three funnel clouds were observed for several minutes near Crestview. The funnel clouds never touched down and went back into the clouds.
June 2003LightningCrestview-A spotter observed a funnel cloud for about five minutes near Duke Field. The funnel cloud dissipated and never touched down.
July 2000HailCrestview-Nickle sized hail was reported in the community.

Every storm recorded in Okaloosa County

Maps showing this location

7 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 06000620 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Okaloosa CountyAll 5 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.