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McKinnon, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Northwest Escambia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32568. The Survey maps it on the Bay Springs quadrangle.

McKinnon within Escambia County

Then and now

1941 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McKinnon, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of McKinnon, surveyed 1941

Compare 1941 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of McKinnon between 1992 and 2018, burning about 832 acres in total. 7 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
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Equipment and vehicle use13
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service17 HWY 97 FIRE-0918
17 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2014Natural18 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDAN HALL ROAD (17)
2 July 2011Natural32 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLAMB ROAD (17)
19 July 2006Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGIBSON ROAD FIRE -1219
7 June 2007Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Service17 - CORLEY ROAD FIRE - 0951
5 June 2011Natural10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceENON SCHOOL RD (17)
3 June 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 99 (17)

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 McKinnon: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Boggy Creek Clay DepositClayOccurrence

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
Bay Springs1.1 miles15
Enon2.7 miles18
Tenile4.0 miles17
Barrineau Park6.9 miles17
Walnut Hill6.9 miles15
Pine Barren7.4 miles15
Barth7.8 miles15
Oak Grove8.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295441. 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.