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Broxson, Florida

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Eglin AFB census division. It stands on Dead River. The Survey maps it on the Ward Basin quadrangle.

Broxson within Santa Rosa County

Then and now

1934 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Broxson, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Broxson, surveyed 1934

Compare 1934 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

270 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 270 fires within 5 miles of Broxson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,064 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 5 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 maintenance94
Debris and open burning70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Equipment and vehicle use24
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Natural7
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2007Debris and open burning1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFARM LIFE ROAD FIRE
6 September 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance3.1 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1997Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 1996Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Rosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Broxson: 7 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Santa Rosa County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Broxson in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 8 injuries. 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
November 1996Tornado (F2)Broxson7 hurt, $75,000no account filed
May 2024LightningBroxson1 hurtOne person injured due to a lightning strike.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindBroxson$30,000Severe houses in the Santa Rosa Shores suffered roof damage due to severe thunderstorm wind gusts around 70 mph. A boat was also flipped onto a truck.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindBroxson$20,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts around 70 mph resulted in minor roof damage and broken windows at residences along Sea Breeze Lane. Fencing was also blown down.
June 2016LightningBroxson$10,000Lightning struck a house, causing a house fire, on College Parkway in Gulf Breeze.
September 2022Flash FloodBroxson-Heavy rain caused several streets to be closed due to flooding.
June 2017Flash FloodBroxson-Several roads in Santa Rosa County were closed due to flash flooding, including Tibet Drive in Gulf Breeze, County Road 191 at Mary Kitchens Road near Garcon Point, and Ortega Street near Navarre.
September 2015Flash FloodBroxson-Heavy rain caused Tiger Point Blvd at India Cove to be closed due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Santa Rosa 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
Pine Bluff3.0 miles20
Ward Basin4.2 miles20
Parkerville5.5 miles17
Bagdad6.2 miles15
East Milton6.2 miles15
Harold6.7 miles18
Galt City7.4 miles15
Muddy Ford7.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294697. 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.