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Wright, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fort Walton Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32547. The Survey maps it on the Mary Esther quadrangle. 26,277 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 43 feet above sea level.

Wright within Okaloosa County

Then and now

1938 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 56 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wright, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Wright, surveyed 1938

Population over time

2 figures

Wright grew from 23,127 to 26,277 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201023,127
202026,277+3,150 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

7 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Wright between 2001 and 2017, burning about 5,311 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
15 June 2007Natural520 acresEglin Air Force BasePINE ISLAND
28 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,765 acresEglin Air Force BaseRUNWAY
10 March 2013Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLOVEJOY (46)
21 November 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,050 acresEglin Air Force BaseHIDDEN
21 November 2006Recreation and ceremony10 acresFlorida Forest Service430
14 November 2001Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 October 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined962 acresEglin Air Force BaseA-78

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okaloosa 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 Wright: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Beal MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okaloosa 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
Ocean City1.7 miles18
Garnier2.0 miles18
Longwood2.7 miles18
Cinco Bayou2.8 miles18
Shalimar3.2 miles18
Mary Esther3.4 miles18
Fort Walton Beach3.6 miles18
Lake Lorraine4.0 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.

Wikipedia article on WrightAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2423767The 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 293539. 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.