BlockGandyville, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Century census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36441. The Survey maps it on the Century quadrangle.
Then and now
1941 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1941 USGS Century quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Century quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Century quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
249 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 249 fires within 5 miles of Gandyville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,169 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 45 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 burning | 66 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 71 VIVAL PATHE LANE, AL |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | JETER LANE (17) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Gandyville: 8 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixon Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Esc 3 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Wiggins W H Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Campbell Sand and Gravel - Century Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Pace Sand and Gravel - Century Pit #1 | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Pace Sand and Gravel - Century Pit #2 | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Red Sand and Gravel - Sunday Road Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Century Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Century Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Century Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Flomaton | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Century | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Happy Valley | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Byrneville | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Oyster Lodge | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bluff Springs | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Bratt | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| McDavid | 9.2 miles | 15 |
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 Q122592695 | 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 295309. 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.