Perdido Bay, Florida
20 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 32507. The Survey maps it on the Perdido Bay quadrangle.
Then and now
1921 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1921 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1921 USGS Fort Barrancas quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Fort Barrancas quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Fort Barrancas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Perdido Bay South quadrangle1:25000
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Perdido Bay quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Perdido Bay quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
134 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Perdido Bay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,407 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 15 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 use | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Natural | 1.6 acres | Florida Forest Service | SORRENTO (17) |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2020 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SORRENTO RD 3 (17) |
| 10 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BAUER RD (17)-0479 |
| 1 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Perdido Bay: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. K. Edwards - Blue Angel Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Perdido Bay Prospect | Titanium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perdido Bay in 2 storm reports in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perdido Bay | $2,000 | High winds damaged two homes near Inerarity Point in the southwest part of Escambia County. Golf ball-size hail was also reported around Perdido Bay in the same area as the wind damage. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Perdido Bay | - | High winds damaged two homes near Inerarity Point in the southwest part of Escambia County. Golf ball-size hail was also reported around Perdido Bay in the same area as the wind damage. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treasure Hill Park | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Chanticleer | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Gulf Beach Heights | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Seaglades | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Johnsons Beach | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Perdido Key | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Quinavista | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Sherman Grove | 3.4 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 288718. 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.









