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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.

Bishop within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

102 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMississippi Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNatchez Trace ParkwayALLSBORO
22 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism30 acresMississippi Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresMississippi Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined43 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160912-3
9 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMississippi Forestry CommissionMS0 0808-1710809003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Asphaltic RockLimestone, General, StoneOccurrenceSedimentary
Mann PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
MargerumAluminum, Water, FreeUnknownSurface
Margerum Bauxite DistrictAluminum, KaolinProspect1921
Allsboro Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mississippi Stone ProductsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
A ProspectAluminumProspect
B ProspectAluminumProspect
C ProspectAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Colbert County

Storms near this place

2 since 2020

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBishop$1,000A tree was reported down near the 100 block of Old Natchez Trace Road. Time was estimated from radar.
February 2020Tornado (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.

Every storm recorded in Colbert 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
Maud1.6 miles13
Burnstown1.6 miles13
Allsboro2.0 miles13
Good Springs (historical)2.2 miles13
Mynot3.6 miles13
Malone3.9 miles13
Mount Hester6.9 miles13
Margerum7.4 miles19

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.