Naval Live Oaks Reservation

Built in 1828. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1921.

From the record

“The Naval Live Oaks Reservation is part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore and is near Gulf Breeze, Florida. It was purchased by the U.S. government in 1828 as the first federal tree farm and began operations on January 18, 1829.”
Wikipedia article Naval Live Oaks Reservation, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 11 National Register listings published here for Santa Rosa County · listed in 1998 · category: Site · built in 1828.

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

The listing

Address. Gulf Islands National Seashore-Naval Live Oaks Area, Gulf Breeze, 32561
When was it listed? September 1998
Category. site
Also known as. Archeological Properties of the Naval Live Oaks Reservation MPS
Census division. Gulf Breeze
When was it built? 1828
National Register reference number. 98001169 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Naval Live Oaks Reservation between 1992 and 2020, burning about 728 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	14
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	12
Recreation and ceremony	11
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Smoking	4
Debris and open burning	4
Natural	1
Other causes	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
19 September 1999	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
18 September 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Gulf Island National Seashore	NLO PICNIC
8 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Gulf Island National Seashore	NLO HQ PARKING LOT
8 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Gulf Island National Seashore	GROUP CAMP ROAD
8 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Gulf Island National Seashore	VILLA TRAIL
29 August 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	40 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 August 2001	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
31 July 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Gulf Island National Seashore	BAYSHORE

Every fire recorded in Santa Rosa County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Naval Live Oaks Reservation: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 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
	Bellview Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Unnamed Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Santa Rosa County

Storms near this property

32 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gulf Breeze, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 lightning, 4 flash flood, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2011	Lightning	Gulf Breeze	1 hurt	A 40 year old male was struck by lightning at the intersection of Avalon blvd and Tuscarora trail. After the strike the man noticed his pants were burned...the hairs on his arm singed...and he complained of a severe headache. He was transported to a local hospital.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Gulf Breeze	$50,000	High thunderstorm winds blew down a large scoreboard at Gulf Breeze High School. Several trees were also blown down, and a few light weight structures were also damaged.
July 1998	Lightning	Gulf Breeze	$40,000	Lightning started a fire in a wooded area around Gulf Breeze. The fire burned for about five hours and destroyed 150 acres of land. No one was injured and no homes were damaged.
January 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Gulf Breeze	$40,000	Four homes in the Sterling Point subdivision suffered roof and siding damage from severe thunderstorm winds. Fences were torn down and garage doors and windows were also broken.
January 2017	Lightning	Gulf Breeze	$20,000	Lightning strike caused a house fire on Autumn Breeze Circle.
September 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Gulf Breeze	$12,000	An outer rainband from Hurricane Gustav produced a weak EF0 tornado in Gulf Breeze that caused tree damage.
August 2022	Lightning	Gulf Breeze	$10,000	Lightning struck a home near Gulf Breeze causing a fire.
February 2017	Lightning	Gulf Breeze	$10,000	Lightning strike resulted in smoke damage.
September 2014	Lightning	Gulf Breeze	$10,000	A lightning strike caused damage to a house and car.
July 1999	Tornado (F0)	Gulf Breeze	$10,000	Storm damage occurred near Garcon Point, northeast of Gulf Breeze. A 12X24 section of tin roof on a home was damaged along with power lines down. The damage was caused by a possible waterspout moving inland off of Pensacola Bay.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Gulf Breeze	$8,000	Several trees were blown down near Gulf Breeze by high winds from a thunderstorm.
August 2016	Lightning	Gulf Breeze	$5,000	Lightning struck a water main near a house causing water to flow into the house.
April 2015	Lightning	Gulf Breeze	$5,000	A lightning strike resulted in a house fire.
September 2004	Tornado (F0)	Gulf Breeze	$3,000	A fast moving tornado moved into Santa Rosa county from Escambia county. The weak tornado entered the county southeast of Gulf Breeze and moved rapidly west northwest before dissipating just west of Gulf Breeze. The tornado caused minor damage. The area had been evacuated due to Hurricane Ivan.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Gulf Breeze	$3,000	Several trees were blown down in Gulf Breeze. This was the second thunderstorm to move through the city during the morning hours that caused wind damage.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Gulf Breeze	$3,000	Several trees were blown down in Gulf Breeze.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Gulf Breeze	$1,500	Several trees and power lines were blown down in Gulf Breeze.
June 2023	Heavy Rain	Gulf Breeze	-	Mesonet site recorded 9.04 inches of rain.
June 2023	Flash Flood	Gulf Breeze	-	Heavy rain caused flooding and closed Gulf Breeze Parkway.
June 2023	Heavy Rain	Gulf Breeze	-	Mesonet site at Gulf Breeze recorded 14.08 inches of rain.
April 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Gulf Breeze	-	Measured by weather flow site XGBZ.
April 2021	Flash Flood	Gulf Breeze	-	Video of flooding in Gulf Breeze with water nearly 3 feet deep along Maplewood Drive.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Gulf Breeze	-	The Weatherflow mesonet site in Gulf Breeze measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 68 mph.
August 2016	Flash Flood	Gulf Breeze	-	Heavy rain caused flooding along Highway 98 throughout Gulf Breeze.
June 2012	Flash Flood	Gulf Breeze	-	Heavy rain caused several roads to be closed in southern Santa Rosa County due to water over the road.
August 2001	Waterspout	Gulf Breeze	-	A large waterspout was observed by several people over Pensacola Bay. The waterspout was moving north across the bay and dissipated just before the storm moved ashore. The large spout was visible for several minutes.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Gulf Breeze	-	A wind gust of near 60 mph was estimated at a local market during a thunderstorm in Gulf Breeze. No damage was reported from the high winds.
March 2000	Hail	Gulf Breeze	-	Nickle size hail was reported in the community.
June 2000	Waterspout	Gulf Breeze	-	A waterspout was observed over Santa Rosa Sound near Gulf Breeze. The waterspout remained over water for several minutes before dissipating over the Sound.
April 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Gulf Breeze	-	no account filed
April 2010	Hail	Gulf Breeze	-	no account filed
March 2003	Hail	Gulf Breeze	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Santa Rosa County

Maps showing this location

9 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.

1921 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:62500
1941 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:62500
1942 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1944 USGS Gulf Breeze quadrangle1:25000
1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Gulf Breeze quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1978 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	First American Road in Florida	0.2 miles	1998

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 98001169 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Santa Rosa County	All 11 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.