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Pine Forest, Florida

17 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 32526. The Survey maps it on the Cantonment quadrangle.

Pine Forest 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 Pine Forest, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Pine Forest, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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 Pine Forest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 354 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 maintenance39
Equipment and vehicle use36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Debris and open burning25
Smoking7
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2

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
30 September 2001Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceOLD CHEMSTRAND ROAD (17)
26 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceIVAN DEBRIS FIRE -1127
22 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARLANE CEMETARY (17)
18 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida 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 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Pine Forest: 5 producers, 5 unknowns, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Escambia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pensacola MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Saufley Field MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dot Pensacola - Brent MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Belleview MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Fairground MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Villane MineSandUnknown
Gulf Coast Grading and Paving - DeanClayProducerClay
Gulf Coast Grading and Paving - MilfordClayProducerClay
Panhandle Grading & Paving, Inc. - Surrey MineClayUnknown

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
Ensley2.3 miles17
Olive3.3 miles17
Bellview4.0 miles18
Gonzalez4.5 miles17
Beulah4.6 miles16
Avondale4.7 miles18
Tristan Village5.1 miles18
Satsuma Heights5.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 288833. 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.