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Perdido Heights, 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 32506. The Survey maps it on the Lillian quadrangle.

Perdido Heights 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 Heights, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Perdido Heights, 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

183 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Perdido Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,172 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 20 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
Debris and open burning45
Equipment and vehicle use35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Arson/incendiarism20
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Natural13
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks4
Smoking2

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
5 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHARBOR PLACE (17)
19 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 1997Railroad 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 Heights: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Koehler QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerClay, Quartz

Every working 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
Paradise Beach0.1 miles20
Haven Park2.8 miles18
Millview3.7 miles18
Perdido Bay4.7 miles20
Sherman Grove4.8 miles20
Ramsey Beach5.0 miles18
Pleasant Grove5.0 miles20
Sand Cut5.2 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.

Wikidata item Q122589128The 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 288719. 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.