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East Pensacola Heights, Florida

17 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 32503. It sits by Magnolia Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Pensacola quadrangle.

East Pensacola 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 East Pensacola Heights, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of East Pensacola Heights, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

On record in East Pensacola Heights

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of East Pensacola Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
8 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGulf Island National SeashoreGROUP CAMP ROAD
27 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 June 2006Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePLANTATION HILLS FIRE -1058
14 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service17-GULL POINT FIRE #2-0703
12 June 2007Natural3.2 acresGulf Island National SeashoreBAYCLIFF
11 June 2011Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGUILLEMARD ST (17)
7 May 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresGulf Island National SeashoreCOREY
25 May 2013Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBAYSHORE (57)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of East Pensacola Heights: 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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
Agrico Pensacola PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Bellview PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Boley MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Hughes 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
Pensacola2.0 miles17
Goulding2.5 miles17
Gaberonne2.9 miles17
Sanders Beach3.7 miles17
Brownsville3.8 miles18
Bohemia3.9 miles17
Brent4.1 miles17
Tristan Village4.8 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 Q49349455The 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 282013. 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.