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Molino, 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 Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Molino quadrangle. 1,296 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 36 feet above sea level.

Molino 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, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Molino, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Molino grew from 1,277 to 1,296 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,277
20201,296+19 (+1%)

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

214 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Molino between 1992 and 2020, burning about 896 acres in total. 3 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 maintenance60
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use28
Recreation and ceremony13
Smoking10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
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
30 September 2019Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBUFFALO RIDGE ROAD (57)
21 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder 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
14 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

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: 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

Storms near this place

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Molino in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 lightning, 3 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2005LightningMolino1 hurtA person inside a home was jolted by a lightning strike that somehow struck a refrigerator that he had open. The male was knocked to the floor and was taken to a hospital where he was examined and released.
August 2001LightningMolino1 hurtLightning indirectly struck a male near Molino. The man was taken to the hospital, held for observation and later released.
March 1997Thunderstorm WindMolino$25,000no account filed
January 2006Thunderstorm WindMolino$15,000Trees and power lines were blown down near Molino as a line of thunderstorms moved through the area. Some lightweight structures and outbuildings were also damaged.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindMolino$15,000Trees and power lines were blown down by high thunderstorm winds near Molino.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindMolino$15,000Trees were blown down near the community as a thunderstorm moved through.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMolino$15,000High winds blew a porch in and also blew power lines down near Molino.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMolino$12,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees between Molino and Cantonment.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindMolino$10,000Trees down west of Molino.
October 1995Tornado (F0)Molino$4,000A tornado briefly touched down near Molino blowing some trees and power lines down.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindMolino$3,000Thunderstorm winds gusts around 60 mph downed power line at the intersection of Chavers Rd and Molino Rd.
December 1995Thunderstorm WindMolino$2,000Several trees and power lines were blown down in the Molino area.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindMolino$1,000Trees and power lines were blown down in the Molino area.
March 1996LightningMolino$1,000no account filed
June 2021Flash FloodMolino-Heavy rain caused flooding of Highway 29 and Crabtree Church Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindMolino-A line of severe thunderstorms downed numerous trees and power lines in the Molino community.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMolino-High winds downed multiple trees and power lines near Highway 95A.
March 2009Flash FloodMolino-Slow moving thunderstorms produced 3 to 5 inches of rain that produced isolated flooding across central portions of the county.
May 2000HailMolino-Quarter sized hail was reported near Molino.
January 1999Funnel CloudMolino-A funnel cloud was observed around Molino. The funnel never touched down and receded back into the cloud.
November 1999Thunderstorm WindMolino-High winds associated with thunderstorms passed through Molino, FL. No damage was reported.
May 1998HailMolino-Golfball size hail was reported in the community.
May 1997HailMolino-Dime size hail was reported around Molino.
April 1995HailMolino-Nickel-size hail was reported in the Molino area.
May 2025HailMolino-no account filed
May 2025HailMolino-no account filed
November 2025HailMolino-no account filed
June 2011HailMolino-no account filed
March 2009HailMolino-no account filed
January 2008Flash FloodMolino-no account filed

Every storm 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
Brickton0.8 miles16
Molino Crossroads1.4 miles16
Barth2.7 miles15
Pine Barren3.8 miles15
Quintette4.0 miles16
Cottage Hill6.3 miles16
Barrineau Park6.8 miles17
Farm Hill7.9 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.

Wikipedia article on MolinoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1943497The 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 287051. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.