Gonzalez, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cantonment census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32533. The Survey maps it on the Cantonment quadrangle. 14,586 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 151 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 figuresGonzalez grew from 13,273 to 14,586 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 | 13,273 | |
| 2020 | 14,586 | +1,313 (+10%) |
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
238 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Gonzalez between 1992 and 2020, burning about 441 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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) |
| 27 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CHEMSTRAND ROAD (17) |
| 26 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | IVAN DEBRIS FIRE -1127 |
| 25 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gonzalez: 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Farm Sand and Gravel Prospect | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Panhandle Grading & Paving, Inc. - Surrey Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Panhandle Paving and Grading - Eight Mile | Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gonzalez in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Gonzalez | $400,000 | It was determined from a National Weather Service Storm Survey that a weak F1 tornado struck the Gonzalez community just East of US Highway 29. The first touchdown was near Old Chemstrand Road and Golden Rod Road where some trees and a county road tower were damaged. The tornado tracked northeast near tree top level across Wyman Lane where trees were blown down. The tornado continued moving northeast and crossed Water Oaks Trail where it went back into the cloud just east of Water Oaks. This is where the most structural damage occurred. Seven or eight homes suffered roof damage and a couple of homes had porches blown off . One home had the back porch picked up and blown about 300 yards into another home across the street. Some asphalt was also ripped up out of the street and blown into a home. No injuries were reported. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gonzalez | $10,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm downed trees in Gonzalez. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gonzalez | $5,000 | Large branches snapped and a fence blown over in the Brookside Hills Subdivision. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gonzalez | $5,000 | A tree was blown down onto a vehicle. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gonzalez | $4,000 | Trees were blown down near Gonzalez. |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Gonzalez | - | A brief, weak EF0 tornado with winds upwards of 80mph began in|the Gonzalez area shortly after midnight on 3/31/22 impacting a|residential area from Chemstrand Road east northeast through|Caterpillar Lane and Crystal Drive. This tornado resulted in minor|damage to fencing, roofs, siding, and a couple uprooted/snapped|softwood trees in a weak convergent pattern along the damage path.|The tornado lifted at Crystal Drive. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gonzalez | - | High winds downed a large tree in Gonzalez. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gonzalez | - | High winds damaged a carport awning. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gonzalez | - | Weatherstem mesonet station near Gonzalez, FL measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 78 mph. |
| February 2020 | Heavy Rain | Gonzalez | - | Storm total of 7.03 inches of rain. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Gonzalez | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Satsuma Heights | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cantonment | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cottage Hill | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Farm Hill | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Ensley | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Pine Forest | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Olive | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Riverview | 5.7 miles | 17 |
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 Gonzalez | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1537327 | 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 283169. 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.









