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Molino Crossroads, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Century census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32577. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Molino quadrangle.

Molino Crossroads 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 Molino Crossroads, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Molino Crossroads, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

254 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Molino Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 756 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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
Railroad operations and maintenance80
Debris and open burning55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Equipment and vehicle use28
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking10
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
3 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2007Arson/incendiarism10 acresFlorida Forest Service17-BRICKTON ROAD FIRE - 1394

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Molino Crossroads: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand. 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
Campbell Sand and Gravel - Barth MineSandUnknown
Dot Pensacola - Blacksmith MineSandUnknown
Mcmillan Mill Company PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed Clay PitClayPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Molino1.4 miles16
Brickton1.4 miles16
Barth3.0 miles15
Quintette3.8 miles16
Pine Barren4.1 miles15
Barrineau Park5.4 miles17
Cottage Hill6.0 miles16
Tenile6.7 miles17

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 Q122593039The 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 295459. 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.