Bishop, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35616. It stands on Gibbs Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bishop quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1936 USGS Bishop quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Bishop quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Bishop quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Corinth quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Corinth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Bishop between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,615 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 49 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Natchez Trace Parkway | ALLSBORO |
| 22 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160912-3 |
| 9 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | MS0 0808-1710809003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Bishop: 4 prospects, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asphaltic Rock | Limestone, General, Stone | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Mann Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Margerum | Aluminum, Water, Free | Unknown | Surface | |
| Margerum Bauxite District | Aluminum, Kaolin | Prospect | 1921 | |
| Allsboro Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mississippi Stone Products | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| A Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| B Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| C Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bishop in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2023: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bishop | $1,000 | A tree was reported down near the 100 block of Old Natchez Trace Road. Time was estimated from radar. |
| February 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Bishop | - | A tornado uprooted a couple trees near Petertown Road, which runs parallel to the MS/AL border and continued slightly northeastward toward Allsboro Road. As the tornado crossed Allsboro Road, it caused more widespread damage along Bishop Lane. Several trees were uprooted while a few softwoods were snapped. |Structural damage, in the form of small farm buildings/sheds, was observed further down Bishop Lane. These structures sustained roof damage while one building also had a collapse of its walls. The tornado continued eastward and uprooted two more trees before lifting about three quarters of a mile east of Allsboro Road. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maud | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Burnstown | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Allsboro | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Good Springs (historical) | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Mynot | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Malone | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Hester | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Margerum | 7.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156068. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







