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Cantonment, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cantonment census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32533. The Survey maps it on the Cantonment quadrangle.

Cantonment 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 Cantonment, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Cantonment, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

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

286 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Cantonment between 1992 and 2020, burning about 716 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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 maintenance81
Debris and open burning62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Equipment and vehicle use35
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking5
Natural4
Other causes2
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 1997Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceOLD CHEMSTRAND ROAD (17)
27 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCHEMSTRAND ROAD (17)
25 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.8 acresFlorida Forest Service611

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cantonment: 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Ford Farm Sand and Gravel ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Unnamed Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Unnamed Clay DepositClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cantonment in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 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
August 2022LightningCantonment1 hurtAn individual was indirectly struck by lightning.
July 2006LightningCantonment1 hurtA seventeen year old male was playing on his computer when lightning evidently ran onto the mouse he was using. The strike knocked him to the floor. He was transported to the hospital and was released the next day. The bolt probably ran to the computer from a phone line connection and to the mouse he was holding.
March 1999Thunderstorm WindCantonment$100,000High winds damaged several trailers and out buildings near McKenzie Rd, about 4 miles east of US HWY 29. Trees and large limbs were blown down in the area. Winds were estimated at 70 to 80 MPH.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindCantonment$50,000Strong thunderstorm winds damaged a Mobile home and a travel trailer , as well as a barn. Some tree damage was also reported.
April 1996Flash FloodCantonment$35,000no account filed
October 2014Thunderstorm WindCantonment$30,000Winds estimated at 70 mph downed trees and power lines. The high winds also damaged 3 houses and 2 barns.
July 2005Tornado (F0)Cantonment$20,000A tornado developed along the fringes of Tropical Storm Cindy. The tornado touched down near Cantonment and blew down trees and power lines along a one mile path.
December 2008Flash FloodCantonment$5,000no account filed
December 2015Thunderstorm WindCantonment$2,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed a fence.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCantonment$1,000A severe thunderstorm wind gust blew down a large tree across the south bound lane of Highway 29, 3 miles northwest of Gonzalez.
June 2025Tornado (EF0)Cantonment-A very compact, short-lived EF0 tornado moved through the Twin|Pines community in Cantonment. This tornado began on the south|side of the community where a very small tree was snapped lying|due east. The tornado continued northeast where public provided|video showed a small vortex around 5 yards wide crossed the|northeast corner of the fence and the intersection where Twin|Pines Circle loops back on itself. Minor damage to the fence|occurred here along with other loose objects being thrown across|the road. The tornado was visible on the video as it crossed the|adjacent neighbors's property and disappeared into the tree line.|It's possible this tornado began sooner and ended later, and|further refinements of the track are possible in the coming days.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindCantonment-High winds downed trees in Cantonment.
January 2017HailCantonment-Quarter size hail reported in Cantonment.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCantonment-A severe thunderstorm produced high winds in Cantonment.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCantonment-A severe thunderstorm produce high winds near Beulah.
April 2021HailCantonment-no account filed
April 2005HailCantonment-no account filed
January 1997HailCantonment-no account filed
January 1997HailCantonment-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
Farm Hill0.8 miles17
Cottage Hill2.0 miles16
Muscogee3.0 miles16
Gonzalez3.2 miles17
Satsuma Heights4.1 miles17
Quintette4.2 miles16
Beulah6.1 miles16
Pine Forest6.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 279994. 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.