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Gasque, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Foley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36542. It sits by Seymour Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Bon Secour Bay quadrangle.

Gasque within Baldwin County

On record in Gasque

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Gasque between 1994 and 2018, burning about 173 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined8
Natural3
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism1
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
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBon Secour National Wildlife RefugeFIREWORKS
19 September 1997Arson/incendiarism6.1 acresBon Secour National Wildlife RefugeSTRONG BYU
7 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBon Secour National Wildlife RefugeJ AND B
27 August 2004Natural5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2004Natural5.0 acresBon Secour National Wildlife RefugeMOBILE STREET
26 July 1994Natural22 acresBon Secour National Wildlife RefugeALAFOREST
16 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commission36 LAGOON, AL
22 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresBon Secour National Wildlife RefugeJEFF FRIEND FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this place

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gasque in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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
April 2018Tornado (EF0)Gasque$25,000A strong waterspout moved onshore at the 2200 block of West Beach Boulevard. The tornado produced roof and siding damage to two homes. Several windows were also blown out.
June 2023Heavy RainGasque-A total of 2.56 inches of rain was recorded over a 6-hour period at Mesonet Station BONA in Bon Secour, AL.
May 2010Flash FloodGasque-Heavy rain caused Fort Morgan to covered by water in several spots.
May 2010Flash FloodGasque-Heavy rain caused Fort Morgan to covered by water in several spots.
April 2024HailGasque-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baldwin 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
Palmetto Beach1.1 miles9
Cedar Grove1.2 miles9
Gulf Highlands3.5 miles9
Oyster Bay4.6 miles17
Gulf Shores6.3 miles8
Bon Secour6.4 miles17
Oak7.5 miles17
Magnolia Springs10.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156396. 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.

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.