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Sherman Grove, Florida

20 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 32507. The Survey maps it on the Fort Barrancas quadrangle.

Sherman Grove 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 Sherman Grove, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sherman Grove, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

213 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Sherman Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,281 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 18 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 use49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Railroad operations and maintenance24
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural17
Debris and open burning15
Fireworks8
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
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
11 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2020Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSORRENTO RD 3 (17)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sherman Grove: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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
E. K. Edwards - Blue Angel 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
Pleasant Grove1.0 miles20
Quinavista1.6 miles20
Seaglades2.2 miles20
Chanticleer2.8 miles20
Treasure Hill Park3.1 miles20
Perdido Bay3.4 miles20
Fort Pickens3.6 miles20
Beach Haven3.6 miles18

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 Q122568897The 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 300227. 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.