Center Ridge, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Paxton-Darlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32433. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Glendale 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 12 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 Glendale quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Glendale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Glendale 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 Center Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 299 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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 | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MCLENDON RD (66) |
| 23 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/HWY 183, NORTH-0962 |
| 23 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/DVORAK DR-0958 |
| 16 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 Center Ridge: 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center Ridge in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Ridge | $5,000 | There were reports of trees and power lines down along with roof damage along Highway 83. |
| January 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Ridge | - | Trees were blown down along Ingle Road. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Center Ridge | - | Nickel size hail reported by a trucker on Interstate 10. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Grove | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Union | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Glendale | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dixon | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Koerber | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Walcan | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sand Hill | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| De Funiak Springs | 5.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301690. 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.






