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Myrtle Grove, Florida

18 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 32506. The Survey maps it on the West Pensacola quadrangle. 17,224 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 75 feet above sea level.

Myrtle Grove 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 Myrtle Grove, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Myrtle Grove, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Myrtle Grove grew from 15,870 to 17,224 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
201015,870
202017,224+1,354 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Myrtle Grove between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,412 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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
Equipment and vehicle use42
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning9
Smoking6
Fireworks5
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
5 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARLANE CEMETARY (17)
21 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHARBOR PLACE (17)
18 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Myrtle Grove: 7 unknowns, 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Agrico Pensacola PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Alden Clay PitClayPast Producer
Gulf Coast Grading and Paving - MilfordClayProducerClay
Clarks Sand Co. Pensacola MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pensacola MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Saufley Field MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clark Sand and Gravel - Pensacola MineSandProducer
Dot Pensacola - Brent MineSandUnknown
E. K. Edwards - Blue Angel MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Fairground MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

12 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Myrtle Grove in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 3 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
January 2024Thunderstorm WindMyrtle Grove2 hurtA tree fell on a home on the 6900 block of W Jackson St, causing a partial roof collapse and injuring 2 people.
August 2006LightningMyrtle Grove1 hurtA twenty-five year old female was talking on the telephone when lightning struck. She was taken to the hospital and was later released with minor injuries.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindMyrtle Grove$8,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts around 60 mph downed trees and a wooden fence on West Fairfield Dr between Patricia Dr and Lillian Hwy.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindMyrtle Grove$5,000Numerous trees were downed by thunderstorm wind gusts around 60 mph.
December 2002Thunderstorm WindMyrtle Grove$5,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Myrtle Grove.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindMyrtle Grove$3,000Severe thunderstorm winds around 60 mph downed trees on 70th Avenue.
September 1996LightningMyrtle Grove$2,000no account filed
April 2023Thunderstorm WindMyrtle Grove-High winds downed a tree on a house causing damage.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindMyrtle Grove-High winds downed trees.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindMyrtle Grove-High winds snapped a large oak tree.
May 2007Flash FloodMyrtle Grove-Heavy rains in a short period of time caused several roads in the southwest part of the county to flood. The roads had to be closed for about an hour due to the high water. Estimates of 5 to 6 inches of rain fell across the area.
March 2003HailMyrtle Grove-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
Sand Cut1.1 miles18
West Pensacola1.5 miles18
Cerny Heights1.7 miles18
Avondale2.1 miles18
Beach Haven2.5 miles18
Millview2.6 miles18
Bellview2.8 miles18
Ramsey Beach2.9 miles18

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 Myrtle GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1898719The 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 287503. 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.