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Cerny Heights, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pensacola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32526. It stands on Turners Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Pensacola quadrangle.

Cerny Heights 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 Cerny Heights, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Cerny Heights, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Cerny Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,631 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 6 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
Equipment and vehicle use42
Misuse of fire by a minor37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Railroad operations and maintenance28
Debris and open burning9
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural6
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
5 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2001Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARLANE CEMETARY (17)
21 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHARBOR PLACE (17)
18 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Cerny Heights: 7 unknowns, 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Agrico Pensacola PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Alden Clay PitClayPast Producer
Clarks Sand Co. Pensacola MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulf Coast Grading and Paving - DeanClayProducerClay
Gulf Coast Grading and Paving - MilfordClayProducerClay
Pensacola MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Saufley Field MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clark Sand and Gravel - Pensacola MineSandProducer
Dot Pensacola - Brent MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Belleview MineSandUnknown

Every working 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
Avondale0.8 miles18
Bellview1.2 miles18
Myrtle Grove1.7 miles18
Sand Cut1.7 miles18
Ramsey Beach1.8 miles18
West Pensacola2.3 miles18
Millview2.8 miles18
Tristan Village3.1 miles18

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 Q122557149The 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 301144. 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.