Johnsons Beach, 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.

Johnsons Beach 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 Johnsons Beach, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Johnsons Beach, 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.

1921 USGS Fort Barrancas quadrangle1:62500
1941 USGS Fort Barrancas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1943 USGS Fort Barrancas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1944 USGS Perdido Bay South quadrangle1:25000
1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Perdido Bay quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1978 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1994 USGS Perdido Bay quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Johnsons Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,196 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Natural	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Arson/incendiarism	6
Debris and open burning	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Smoking	3
Fireworks	3

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
23 September 2000	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
10 September 2020	Natural	4.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	SORRENTO RD 3 (17)
3 August 1997	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Gulf Island National Seashore	PERDIDO KE
29 August 2011	Fireworks	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	BOWER ELEMENTARY (17)
14 August 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	INNERARITY POINT (17)
9 July 2014	Natural	90 acres	Florida Forest Service	TARKILN BAYOU (17)
9 July 2001	Railroad operations and maintenance	20 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
9 July 2001	Natural	40 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Perdido Key	0.8 miles	20
Treasure Hill Park	1.5 miles	20
Chanticleer	1.6 miles	20
Gulf Beach Heights	1.6 miles	20
Perdido Bay	2.1 miles	20
Seaglades	2.2 miles	20
Quinavista	3.5 miles	20
Sherman Grove	4.3 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300228. 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.