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Bogia, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Century census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32568. It stands on Cotton Creek. The Survey maps it on the McDavid quadrangle.

Bogia within Escambia County

Then and now

1941 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bogia, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Bogia, surveyed 1941

Compare 1941 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Bogia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 482 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use35
Debris and open burning15
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural4

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
28 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMALONE FIRE - 1138
21 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined37 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCOON HILL FIRE-1133
25 August 2000Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2007Natural5.5 acresFlorida Forest Service17-ROACH RD FIRE-1405
21 August 2006Smoking1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROACH FIRE-1490
20 August 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service17 LAMBERT BRIDGE RD FIRE-1392
17 July 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bogia: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand. 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
Campbell Sand and Gravel - Barth MineSandUnknown
Mcmillan Mill Company PitClayPast Producer
Mcmillian Mill Company 2 PitClayPast Producer
Mcmillian Mill Company 3 PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Escambia 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
McDavid1.7 miles15
Pine Barren4.5 miles15
Barth5.6 miles15
Bluff Springs6.7 miles12
Oak Grove7.1 miles12
Brickton7.5 miles16
Molino8.2 miles16
Byrneville8.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295144. 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.