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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.

Gonzalez 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 Gonzalez, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Gonzalez, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Gonzalez 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.

YearPeople Change
201013,273
202014,586+1,313 (+10%)

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

238 since 1992

Regional 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 maintenance66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Debris and open burning39
Misuse of fire by a minor34
Equipment and vehicle use29
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4
Other causes3
Natural3
Fireworks2

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
6 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder 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)
27 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCHEMSTRAND ROAD (17)
26 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceIVAN DEBRIS FIRE -1127
25 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ford Farm Sand and Gravel ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Panhandle Grading & Paving, Inc. - Surrey MineClayUnknown
Panhandle Paving and Grading - Eight MileClayProducerClay
Unnamed Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Unnamed Clay DepositClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2000Tornado (F1)Gonzalez$400,000It 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 2007Thunderstorm WindGonzalez$10,000High winds from a thunderstorm downed trees in Gonzalez.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindGonzalez$5,000Large branches snapped and a fence blown over in the Brookside Hills Subdivision.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindGonzalez$5,000A tree was blown down onto a vehicle.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindGonzalez$4,000Trees were blown down near Gonzalez.
March 2022Tornado (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 2022Thunderstorm WindGonzalez-High winds downed a large tree in Gonzalez.
November 2022Thunderstorm WindGonzalez-High winds damaged a carport awning.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindGonzalez-Weatherstem mesonet station near Gonzalez, FL measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 78 mph.
February 2020Heavy RainGonzalez-Storm total of 7.03 inches of rain.
March 2016HailGonzalez-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
Satsuma Heights1.2 miles17
Cantonment3.2 miles17
Cottage Hill3.8 miles16
Farm Hill4.0 miles17
Ensley4.4 miles17
Pine Forest4.5 miles17
Olive5.4 miles17
Riverview5.7 miles17

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 GonzalezAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1537327The 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.