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Satsuma Heights, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cantonment census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32533. The Survey maps it on the Cantonment quadrangle.

Satsuma 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 Satsuma Heights, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Satsuma Heights, 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

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Satsuma Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 385 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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 maintenance56
Debris and open burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural4
Other causes3
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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
6 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresFlorida 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)
27 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCHEMSTRAND ROAD (17)
26 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceIVAN DEBRIS FIRE -1127
25 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMONROE AVE (17)
14 September 1997Railroad 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Satsuma Heights: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Ford Farm Sand and Gravel ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Panhandle Paving and Grading - Eight MileClayProducerClay

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
Gonzalez1.2 miles17
Cantonment4.1 miles17
Cottage Hill4.2 miles16
Ensley4.6 miles17
Riverview4.8 miles17
Farm Hill4.9 miles17
Pine Forest5.2 miles17
Olive5.4 miles17

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 Q122545687The 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 304060. 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.