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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.

Perdido Bay 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 Perdido Bay, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Perdido Bay, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

134 since 1992

Regional 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 use27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism15
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks6
Smoking3

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
8 September 2014Natural1.6 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSORRENTO (17)
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2020Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSORRENTO RD 3 (17)
10 September 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBAUER RD (17)-0479
1 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
E. K. Edwards - Blue Angel MineSandUnknown
Perdido Bay ProspectTitaniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

2 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1995Thunderstorm WindPerdido Bay$2,000High 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 1995HailPerdido 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.

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
Treasure Hill Park1.0 miles20
Chanticleer1.6 miles20
Gulf Beach Heights1.6 miles20
Seaglades2.1 miles20
Johnsons Beach2.1 miles20
Perdido Key2.3 miles20
Quinavista3.4 miles20
Sherman Grove3.4 miles20

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.