Goulding, 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 32503. It stands on Carpenter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pensacola quadrangle. 3,392 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 82 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:
On record in Goulding
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Crystal Ice Company Buildinglisted 1983 · 0.8 miles away
James Houselisted 2000 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresGoulding fell from 4,102 to 3,392 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 | 4,102 | |
| 2020 | 3,392 | -710 (-17%) |
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 Pensacola quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:25000
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Goulding between 1992 and 2017, burning about 71 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MARLANE CEMETARY (17) |
| 27 August 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | OLIVE FIRE PILE 1125 |
| 7 June 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SANDRA DRIVE GULLY FIRE - 1069 |
| 22 June 1995 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 June 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GUILLEMARD ST (17) |
| 8 May 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 17-SMOKING GOPHER FIRE |
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 Goulding: 6 unknowns, 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrico Pensacola Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | ||
| Alden Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Bellview Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clarks Sand Co. Pensacola Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gulf Coast Grading and Paving - Dean | Clay | Producer | Clay | |
| Clark Sand and Gravel - Pensacola Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Dot Pensacola - Brent Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Bitucrete Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Boley Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Hollywood Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goulding in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goulding | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds around 60 mph resulted in downed trees and power lines. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goulding | - | NWS survey concludes that a wide swath of damaging|winds of 65 to 75 miles per hour impacted parts of West Pensacola.|The first damage was noted near West Fairfield Dr near 52nd Ave.|As the area of winds moved south, a wider swath near 2 miles wide|developed. This wind damage was associated with a broader |circulation and a couple small embedded tornadoes were noted. See|survey notes on the tornadoes. At Coker Ave, a large limb/tree |fell on a manufactured home resulting in one fatality. Sporadic |wind damage continued in a rather wide swath resulting in numerous|small and large tree branches being snapped and a few instances |of minor roof damage. A few large signs were blown out along state|road 295 and a few windows were blow out by flying debris. Wind |damage continued to the west of a developing tornado near the |Pensacola County Club along Barrancas Ave before moving over |Pensacola Bay where a 64 mph wind gust was recorded over Pensacola|Bay. The lack of convergence path, sporadic and widespread nature|of the damage resulted in the thunderstorm wind damage |classification. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pensacola | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Brent | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Brownsville | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Tristan Village | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| East Pensacola Heights | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Sanders Beach | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| West Pensacola | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Gaberonne | 3.7 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 Goulding | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1540172 | 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 295318. 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.









