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Gilmore, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the West Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35023. It lies near Drip Spring Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Gilmore quadrangle.

Gilmore within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

158 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Gilmore between 1994 and 2018, burning about 1,388 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 59 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/incendiarism59
Debris and open burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission1686 OLD COOK FORD ROAD, AL
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burning5.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Natural8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Natural10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilmore in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2016: 2 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGilmore$2,000Trees were blown down on Alliance Road and Taylors Ferry Road, in western Jefferson County.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGilmore-Several trees uprooted along Alliance Road.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Toadvine1.3 miles20
Vines Mill1.9 miles20
Alliance2.4 miles21
Black Creek3.1 miles22
Short Creek3.4 miles22
Wilderness Garden3.5 miles21
Port Birmingham4.0 miles22
Hopkins4.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118972. 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.