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Fort Pickens, Florida

20 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 32561. It lies near Robertson Island. The Survey maps it on the Fort Barrancas quadrangle.

Fort Pickens 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 Fort Pickens, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Fort Pickens, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

On record in Fort Pickens

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 1 record

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 20 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

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Fort Pickens between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,616 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined17
Natural13
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning6
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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 September 2014Naturalunder an acreGulf Island National SeashoreOSPREY FIRE
8 September 2014Natural1.6 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSORRENTO (17)
23 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2003Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDOGTRACK COMMAND
9 July 2001Natural40 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fort Pickens: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, 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
Clarks Sand Co. Pensacola MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
E. K. Edwards - Blue Angel 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
Quinavista3.0 miles20
Pleasant Grove3.2 miles20
Navy Point3.5 miles18
Sherman Grove3.6 miles20
Beach Haven3.9 miles18
Warrington4.0 miles18
Seaglades4.4 miles20
Chanticleer5.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 293640. 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.