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Sand Cut, Florida

18 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. It stands on Bayou Marcus. The Survey maps it on the West Pensacola quadrangle.

Sand Cut 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 Sand Cut, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sand Cut, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

194 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Sand Cut between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,476 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 13 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 use46
Misuse of fire by a minor39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Railroad operations and maintenance30
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning11
Natural7
Smoking6
Fireworks5
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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)
5 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARLANE CEMETARY (17)
21 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHARBOR PLACE (17)
2 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use4.0 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

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Sand Cut: 5 unknowns, 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. 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
Alden Clay PitClayPast Producer
Gulf Coast Grading and Paving - MilfordClayProducerClay
Clarks Sand Co. Pensacola MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pensacola MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Saufley Field MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clark Sand and Gravel - Pensacola MineSandProducer
E. K. Edwards - Blue Angel MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Fairground MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Hollywood MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Hughes MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sand Cut in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 flash flood. 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
August 2021Flash FloodSand Cut-Heavy rain from the outer bands of Hurricane Ida produced flooding and impassable roadways in the areas of Blue Angel Parkway and Cerny Roads.

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
Myrtle Grove1.1 miles18
Millview1.5 miles18
Cerny Heights1.7 miles18
Ramsey Beach2.1 miles18
Avondale2.4 miles18
Haven Park2.5 miles18
West Pensacola2.6 miles18
Beach Haven2.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 290518. 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.