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.
Then and now
1921 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1921 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1921 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Gonzalez quadrangle1:25000
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Cantonment quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Cantonment quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
286 since 1992Regional 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 maintenance | 81 |
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | OLD CHEMSTRAND ROAD (17) |
| 27 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CHEMSTRAND ROAD (17) |
| 25 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.8 acres | Florida Forest Service | 611 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Farm Sand and Gravel Prospect | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Lightning | Cantonment | 1 hurt | An individual was indirectly struck by lightning. |
| July 2006 | Lightning | Cantonment | 1 hurt | A 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cantonment | $100,000 | High 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cantonment | $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds damaged a Mobile home and a travel trailer , as well as a barn. Some tree damage was also reported. |
| April 1996 | Flash Flood | Cantonment | $35,000 | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cantonment | $30,000 | Winds estimated at 70 mph downed trees and power lines. The high winds also damaged 3 houses and 2 barns. |
| July 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Cantonment | $20,000 | A 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 2008 | Flash Flood | Cantonment | $5,000 | no account filed |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cantonment | $2,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed a fence. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cantonment | $1,000 | A severe thunderstorm wind gust blew down a large tree across the south bound lane of Highway 29, 3 miles northwest of Gonzalez. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cantonment | - | High winds downed trees in Cantonment. |
| January 2017 | Hail | Cantonment | - | Quarter size hail reported in Cantonment. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cantonment | - | A severe thunderstorm produced high winds in Cantonment. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cantonment | - | A severe thunderstorm produce high winds near Beulah. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Cantonment | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Cantonment | - | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Hail | Cantonment | - | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Hail | Cantonment | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farm Hill | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Cottage Hill | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Muscogee | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Gonzalez | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Satsuma Heights | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Quintette | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Beulah | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Forest | 6.3 miles | 17 |
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.









