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Muscogee, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cantonment census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32533. It stands on Jacks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Seminole quadrangle.

Muscogee within Escambia County

Then and now

1921 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Muscogee, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Muscogee, surveyed 1921

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

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Muscogee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,530 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 16 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 maintenance45
Debris and open burning43
Equipment and vehicle use35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.8 acresFlorida Forest Service611
17 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150916-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Muscogee: 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Ford Farm Sand and Gravel ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Unnamed Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Unnamed Clay DepositClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Muscogee in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMuscogee-Trees and power lines blown down by severe thunderstorm winds near 60 mph along Jacks Bayou and Muscogee Road. One tree caught on fire due to lightning strike. Reported by Escambia Fire and Rescue Department.

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
Farm Hill2.3 miles17
Cantonment3.0 miles17
Cottage Hill4.5 miles16
Beulah4.9 miles16
Gonzalez5.8 miles17
Quintette6.1 miles16
Barrineau Park6.4 miles17
Satsuma Heights6.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295473. 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.