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Brent, 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 32503. It stands on Carpenter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pensacola quadrangle. 23,447 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 112 feet above sea level.

Brent 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 Brent, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Brent, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Brent grew from 21,804 to 23,447 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201021,804
202023,447+1,643 (+8%)

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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Brent between 1992 and 2020, burning about 133 acres in total. 1 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
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1
Natural1

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
26 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceIVAN DEBRIS FIRE -1127
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARLANE CEMETARY (17)
27 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceOLIVE FIRE PILE 1125
10 July 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 June 2001Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 June 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSANDRA DRIVE GULLY FIRE - 1069
30 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceINTERSTATE CIRCLE FIRE-1056

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Brent: 8 unknowns, 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Agrico Pensacola PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Alden Clay PitClayPast Producer
Gulf Coast Grading and Paving - DeanClayProducerClay
Bellview PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Escambia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pensacola MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clark Sand and Gravel - Pensacola MineSandProducer
Dot Pensacola - Brent MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Belleview MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Bitucrete MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brent in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2026Thunderstorm WindBrent-Broadcast media reports a large oak tree was uprooted onto a home in the Brent community near Beverly Parkway and Brent Lane. Time estimated by radar.
May 2024Flash FloodBrent-Numerous flooded intersections reported in Pensacola, FL. Intersections include Marcus and Texar, Airport and Cobble View, 9th and College, Garden and Devillers, and D and Cervantes.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindBrent-Measured by Weatherstem station.
November 2010Flash FloodBrent-Heavy rain flooded roads at West Fairfield Drive and North Pace Boulevard.
March 2026HailBrent-no account filed
March 2016HailBrent-no account filed
March 2016HailBrent-no account filed
October 2008Thunderstorm WindBrent-no account filed

Every storm 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
Tristan Village1.6 miles18
Goulding1.9 miles17
Olive2.9 miles17
Ferry Pass3.1 miles17
Brownsville3.1 miles18
Pensacola3.4 miles17
West Pensacola3.7 miles18
Avondale3.9 miles18

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 BrentAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q909661The 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 279358. 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.

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.