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Brickton, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Century census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32577. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Molino quadrangle.

Brickton 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 Brickton, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Brickton, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

194 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Brickton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 698 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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 maintenance57
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use24
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony11
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural4
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
21 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2007Arson/incendiarism10 acresFlorida Forest Service17-BRICKTON ROAD FIRE - 1394
30 July 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBEEN THERE FIRE - 1100
22 July 2006Natural5.1 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLIGHTS OUT FIRE-1261

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Brickton: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. 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
Dot Pensacola - Blacksmith MineSandUnknown
Mcmillan Mill Company PitClayPast Producer
Mcmillian Mill Company 3 PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed Clay 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
Molino0.8 miles16
Molino Crossroads1.4 miles16
Barth2.0 miles15
Pine Barren3.1 miles15
Quintette4.7 miles16
Barrineau Park6.7 miles17
Cottage Hill7.0 miles16
Bogia7.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295149. 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.