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Sanders Beach, 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 32502. The Survey maps it on the Pensacola quadrangle.

Sanders Beach 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 Sanders Beach, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sanders Beach, 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Sanders Beach between 1992 and 2017, burning about 63 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
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
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)
27 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service17-ATHLETIC COMPLEX FIRE-1391
28 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBARTOW FIRE-1298
7 June 2001Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 June 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSANDRA DRIVE GULLY FIRE - 1069

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Sanders Beach: 4 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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
Agrico Pensacola PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Alden Clay PitClayPast Producer
Bellview PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clarks Sand Co. Pensacola MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clark Sand and Gravel - Pensacola MineSandProducer
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Boley MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Hollywood MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Hughes MineSandUnknown

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
Pensacola1.9 miles17
Brownsville1.9 miles18
Warrington2.2 miles18
West Pensacola2.9 miles18
Goulding3.1 miles17
Navy Point3.2 miles18
East Pensacola Heights3.7 miles17
Beach Haven3.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295596. 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.