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Bohemia, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pensacola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32504. It sits by Red Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Pensacola quadrangle.

Bohemia within Escambia 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 Bohemia, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Bohemia, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

On record in Bohemia

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Bohemia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,041 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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 maintenance19
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
30 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceAMY FIRE - 1182
29 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Service57- ORO FIRE-0861
29 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service57 CLEARVIEW FIRE-0932
28 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceAVALON TOWERS FIRE-1122
20 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHARPER ST (57)
19 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service57-WASTE MANAGEMENT FIRE-1516

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bohemia: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bellview PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Bitucrete MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Boley MineSandUnknown

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
Gaberonne1.0 miles17
Yniestra1.3 miles17
Ferry Pass3.3 miles17
East Pensacola Heights3.9 miles17
Brent4.2 miles17
Goulding4.3 miles17
Riverview4.5 miles17
Pensacola5.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294690. 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.