Happy Valley, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Century census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32535. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jay quadrangle.

Happy Valley within Escambia County

Then and now

1943 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Happy Valley, surveyed 1981

Topographic sheet of Happy Valley, surveyed 1943

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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.

1943 USGS Jay quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Jay quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

259 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Happy Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 895 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 44 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	76
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	46
Arson/incendiarism	44
Railroad operations and maintenance	42
Equipment and vehicle use	22
Recreation and ceremony	12
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Smoking	4
Natural	3
Fireworks	3
Other causes	1

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 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1997	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	71 VIVAL PATHE LANE, AL
28 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	26 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Happy Valley: 7 producers, 4 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 7 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Jay	Petroleum (Oil), Sulfur	Unknown
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
Century Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Century Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Century Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
South Flomaton	0.9 miles	12
Century	1.0 miles	12
Oyster Lodge	1.2 miles	15
Gandyville	2.4 miles	12
Bluff Springs	4.0 miles	12
Byrneville	4.3 miles	12
McDavid	8.8 miles	15
Bratt	9.6 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295334. 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.