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Econfina, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Youngstown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32466. It stands on Dave Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bennett quadrangle.

Econfina within Bay County

Then and now

1944 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Econfina, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Econfina, surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Econfina between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,220 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 10 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
Debris and open burning32
Natural26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use20
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceJOHN COX RD (03)
30 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBONE LANE #2 (03)
30 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBONE LANE #1 (03)
29 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSINGER RD FIRE(03)
23 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03/ENFINGER-0556
23 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest Service03/BLUE SPRING RD-0613
2 September 2016Natural60 acresFlorida Forest ServiceASPHALT PLANT RD (03)
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bay County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Econfina: 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Econfina Limestone ProspectCalcium, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Leon's Borrow Pit - Leon's MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Bay County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Econfina in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2015Thunderstorm WindEconfina$3,000Some power outages in northern Bay county were caused by strong winds blowing trees and limbs down onto power lines. Damage was estimated.
August 2021Flash FloodEconfina-A picture on social media confirmed that Blue Springs Road was washed out.

Every storm recorded in Bay 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
Bennett1.4 miles15
Couch5.7 miles14
Saunders6.0 miles14
Youngstown6.1 miles14
Bayhead7.6 miles15
Nixon7.6 miles14
Fountain7.7 miles14
Cairo8.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295253. 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.