Gipsy, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35620. It lies near Horton Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Salem quadrangle.

Gipsy within Limestone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1936 USGS Salem quadrangle1:24000
1948 USGS Salem quadrangle1:24000
1951 USGS Salem quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Gipsy between 1994 and 2019, burning about 269 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning	20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Arson/incendiarism	7
Recreation and ceremony	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Natural	2
Smoking	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
6 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 2006	Natural	40 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 August 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	12 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
11 August 2010	Debris and open burning	12 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Limestone 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 Gipsy: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
	Gilbert #2 Quarry	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Producer	1983

Every working recorded in Limestone County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gipsy in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Gipsy	$2,000	A tree was blown down on Highway 99 near the Elk River.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Gipsy	$1,000	A few trees were blown down near highway 99 in the Owens community.
April 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Gipsy	-	A county shed was damaged off of Highway 99.
February 2014	Tornado (EF1)	Gipsy	-	A tornado touched down along Section Line road just east of highway 99 in the Cartwright community. Initially the tornado was relatively weak snapping small limbs on softwood trees along Harris Loop Road. Power poles were also were also snapped in this location. Estimated winds in this area were roughly 100 mph. A home along Section Line Road also received minor roof uplift and loss of shingles. As the tornado continued to move east-northeast, additional tree damage was noted along Easter Ferry road and Davis Lane. The tornado apparently lifted along the hilltops just west of Witty Mills Road.

Every storm recorded in Limestone 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Cartwright	1.8 miles	15
Persimmon Grove	2.5 miles	15
Spencer Store	2.7 miles	15
Hickory Hills	2.9 miles	15
Shanghai	3.0 miles	15
Walnut Hill	3.3 miles	15
Salem	3.6 miles	15
O'Neal	3.6 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119006. 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.