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.
Then and now
1921 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1921 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresEnsley 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 20,602 | |
| 2020 | 23,817 | +3,215 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1921 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Gonzalez quadrangle1:25000
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Cantonment quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Cantonment quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
169 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 37 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 34 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | OLD CHEMSTRAND ROAD (17) |
| 26 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | IVAN DEBRIS FIRE -1127 |
| 22 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MARLANE CEMETARY (17) |
| 14 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escambia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gulf Coast Grading and Paving - Dean | Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Panhandle Grading & Paving, Inc. - Surrey Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Panhandle Paving and Grading - Eight Mile | Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Pensacola Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Saufley Field Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dot Pensacola - Brent Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Belleview Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Bitucrete Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Fairground Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
17 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ensley | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Lightning | Ensley | $35,000 | Lightning struck a home near Beulah. The strike started a fire that damaged the home. |
| October 2007 | Flash Flood | Ensley | $20,000 | Many 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ensley | $10,000 | Thunderstorms produced high winds which damaged several structures near Chemstrand and Ray Roads. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ensley | $5,000 | A thunderstorm wind gust around 60 mph blew down a light pole onto a vehicle. |
| August 1996 | Lightning | Ensley | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Ensley | $3,000 | no account filed |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ensley | $1,000 | A few trees were blown down, and some siding was blown from a couple of homes in the Ensley area. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ensley | - | High winds downed a large tree near Sears Blvd and Olive Road. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ensley | - | High winds downed trees and damaged a fence near the Oak Meadow neighborhood. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ensley | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts of 70 to 80 mph downed numerous trees and power liens in Gonzalez and Ensley. Some roads were impassable. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Ensley | - | The northbound and southbound US 29 ramps to Nine Mile road were closed due to flooding. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Ensley | - | Water rescue between US 90 and Highway 97 in Ensley. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Ensley | - | The Escambia county sheriff's office reported flooding at the intersection of U.S. Highway 29 and West Roberts Road. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ensley | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Ensley | - | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Hail | Ensley | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Pine Forest | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Ferry Pass | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Brent | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Tristan Village | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Riverview | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Gonzalez | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bellview | 4.5 miles | 18 |
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 Ensley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q538738 | The 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.









