Cannon Town, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32531. The Survey maps it on the Baker quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1949 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Baker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
141 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Cannon Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,125 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Eglin Air Force Base | PINCH |
| 20 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SMALL FIRE. - 1083 |
| 7 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GATOR HOLE FIRE-1011 |
| 3 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | DAIRY ROAD (46) |
| 17 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DOWN POWERLINE (46) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cannon Town in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Cannon Town | $25,000 | Sherman Kennedy Road north of Baker was closed to through traffic due to excessive washing of the roadway. The closed area was between John Riley Barnhill Road and Kilcrease Road. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nubbin Ridge | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Baker | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Blackman | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Clear Springs | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Beaver Creek | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Peaden | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Silver Springs | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Milligan | 7.3 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122558389 | The 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 294704. 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.
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.






