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Ensley, 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 32534. The Survey maps it on the Cantonment quadrangle. 23,817 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 131 feet above sea level.

Ensley 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 Ensley, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Ensley, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Ensley grew from 20,602 to 23,817 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201020,602
202023,817+3,215 (+16%)

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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Ensley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 343 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Railroad operations and maintenance34
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Equipment and vehicle use27
Debris and open burning22
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Fireworks2
Other causes2

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
30 September 2001Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceOLD CHEMSTRAND ROAD (17)
26 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceIVAN DEBRIS FIRE -1127
22 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARLANE CEMETARY (17)
14 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 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 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Ensley: 6 unknowns, 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Escambia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulf Coast Grading and Paving - DeanClayProducerClay
Panhandle Grading & Paving, Inc. - Surrey MineClayUnknown
Panhandle Paving and Grading - Eight MileClayProducerClay
Pensacola MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Saufley Field MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dot Pensacola - Brent MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Belleview MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Bitucrete MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Fairground MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

17 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ensley in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 lightning, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 1997Thunderstorm WindEnsley$100,000no account filed
July 2005LightningEnsley$35,000Lightning struck a home near Beulah. The strike started a fire that damaged the home.
October 2007Flash FloodEnsley$20,000Many streets in the south part of the county had to be closed for several hours due to high water. The flooded streets were generally along and south of Highway 90. Water approached several houses, but never entered any homes.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindEnsley$10,000Thunderstorms produced high winds which damaged several structures near Chemstrand and Ray Roads.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindEnsley$5,000A thunderstorm wind gust around 60 mph blew down a light pole onto a vehicle.
August 1996LightningEnsley$5,000no account filed
July 1996LightningEnsley$3,000no account filed
November 1995Thunderstorm WindEnsley$1,000A few trees were blown down, and some siding was blown from a couple of homes in the Ensley area.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindEnsley-High winds downed a large tree near Sears Blvd and Olive Road.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindEnsley-High winds downed trees and damaged a fence near the Oak Meadow neighborhood.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindEnsley-Thunderstorm wind gusts of 70 to 80 mph downed numerous trees and power liens in Gonzalez and Ensley. Some roads were impassable.
September 2018Flash FloodEnsley-The northbound and southbound US 29 ramps to Nine Mile road were closed due to flooding.
September 2018Flash FloodEnsley-Water rescue between US 90 and Highway 97 in Ensley.
June 2013Flash FloodEnsley-The Escambia county sheriff's office reported flooding at the intersection of U.S. Highway 29 and West Roberts Road.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindEnsley-no account filed
March 2009Funnel CloudEnsley-no account filed
January 1997HailEnsley-no account filed

Every storm 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
Olive1.2 miles17
Pine Forest2.3 miles17
Ferry Pass3.2 miles17
Brent4.0 miles17
Tristan Village4.2 miles18
Riverview4.4 miles17
Gonzalez4.4 miles17
Bellview4.5 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.

Wikipedia article on EnsleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q538738The 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 282228. 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.