Ward Basin, Florida

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1934 1994

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.

• 1934 USGS Harold quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1934 USGS Harold quadrangle1:48000
• 1937 USGS Harold quadrangle1:62500
• 1938 USGS Harold quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
• 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
• 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
• 1970 USGS Ward Basin quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
• 1978 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
• 1994 USGS Ward Basin quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 426 fires within 5 miles of Ward Basin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,849 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 23 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Bagdad
• Pine Bluff
• East Milton
• Avalon Beach
• Broxson
• Galt City

Every fire recorded in Santa Rosa County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Ward Basin: 12 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, 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.

Every working recorded in Santa Rosa County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295697. 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.