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Brownsville, Florida

18 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 32505. The Survey maps it on the West Pensacola quadrangle.

Brownsville 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 Brownsville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Brownsville, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Brownsville between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,081 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 minor20
Equipment and vehicle use18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
23 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
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
26 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service17-ATHLETIC COMPLEX FIRE-1391
5 July 1999Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 July 2000Natural780 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Brownsville: 6 unknowns, 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 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
Bellview PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clarks Sand Co. Pensacola MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulf Coast Grading and Paving - MilfordClayProducerClay
Clark Sand and Gravel - Pensacola MineSandProducer
Dot Pensacola - Brent MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Bitucrete MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Boley MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Hollywood MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

9 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brownsville in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 6 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBrownsville$10,000A severe thunderstorm downed trees and power lines and produce some cometic damage to homes nar Aquamarine and Emerald Avenue.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindBrownsville$500Strong thunderstorm winds blew down tree limbs and power lines.
April 2023Flash FloodBrownsville-Heavy rain flooded multiple roads in the area.
June 2023Flash FloodBrownsville-Heavy rain caused flooding of numerous roads around the Pensacola area.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindBrownsville-High winds tore the roof off the Emerald Republic Brewing Company.
October 2021Flash FloodBrownsville-Multiple roads closed in downtown Pensacola due to flooding.
June 2021Flash FloodBrownsville-Heavy rain caused water to cover the road in the area.
September 2018Flash FloodBrownsville-Garden Street at A Street closed due to flooding.
November 2010Flash FloodBrownsville-Heavy rain flooded roads at Mobile Highway and West Fairfield Drive.

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
West Pensacola1.5 miles18
Pensacola1.9 miles17
Sanders Beach1.9 miles17
Goulding2.0 miles17
Tristan Village2.4 miles18
Myrtle Grove3.0 miles18
Warrington3.1 miles18
Brent3.1 miles17

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 BrownsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14685835The 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 279498. 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.