Pine Bluff, Florida
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Milton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32583. It stands on Yellow River. The Survey maps it on the Ward Basin quadrangle.
Then and now
1934 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1934 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.
- 1934 USGS Harold quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Harold quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Harold quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Harold quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Ward Basin quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Ward Basin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
295 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 295 fires within 5 miles of Pine Bluff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,779 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 19 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 maintenance | 93 |
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | NEW LAKE FIRE-1076 |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Florida Forest Service | PATTERSON TOWN (57) |
| 3 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BENEVA RD FIRE1553 |
| 28 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.1 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pine Bluff: 8 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa Co. Road Dept. - Geiger Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Dot Pensacola - Rest Area Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Hickory Hammock Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Ward Basin Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Salter/3-C's - B.Lowery Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Salter/3-C's - Baker Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Salter/3-C's - Taylor Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Santa Rosa County Road Dept. - Cox Forest Retention Mine | Sand | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Basin | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Broxson | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Bagdad | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| East Milton | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Galt City | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Milton | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Dickerson City | 6.8 miles | 18 | |
| Avalon Beach | 6.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295535. 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.









