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Gulf Beach Heights, 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 32507. The Survey maps it on the Perdido Bay quadrangle.

Gulf Beach Heights 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 Gulf Beach Heights, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Gulf Beach Heights, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Gulf Beach Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,216 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 6 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
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural9
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Fireworks3

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
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2020Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSORRENTO RD 3 (17)
3 August 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGulf Island National SeashorePERDIDO KE
29 August 2011Fireworksunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBOWER ELEMENTARY (17)
14 August 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceINNERARITY POINT (17)
9 July 2014Natural90 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTARKILN BAYOU (17)
9 July 2001Railroad operations and maintenance20 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gulf Beach Heights: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium. 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
Perdido Bay ProspectTitaniumOccurrence

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
Perdido Key1.2 miles20
Perdido Bay1.6 miles20
Johnsons Beach1.6 miles20
Treasure Hill Park1.9 miles20
Chanticleer2.4 miles20
Seaglades3.1 miles20
Quinavista4.5 miles20
Sherman Grove4.9 miles20

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 Q122559699The 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 283484. 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.