Hissop, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Rockford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35089. The Survey maps it on the Rockford quadrangle. 209 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 794 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHissop fell from 658 to 209 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 658 | |
| 2020 | 209 | -449 (-68%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1901 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
101 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Hissop between 1994 and 2020, burning about 882 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 27 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 | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140924-001 |
| 23 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.8 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190920-21 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Hissop: 14 past producers, 13 occurrences, 9 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tin, Gold, Silver, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coosa Gibbsite Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | 1960 | |
| Number One Mine | Feldspar, Graphite, Tin, Mica | Past Producer | 1941 | |
| Number Seven Mine | Feldspar, Mica, Tin | Past Producer | 1941 | |
| Number Two Mine | Feldspar, Graphite, Mica, Tin | Past Producer | 1941 | |
| Prospect Number Five | Tantalum, Feldspar, Mica, Tin | Prospect | ||
| Prospect Number Twenty-Six | Mica, Tin | Occurrence | ||
| Thomas Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| USGS MR-60 Alabama No.4 Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Rockford Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Gold, Silver | |
| Rockford Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hissop in 1 storm report in 2009: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hissop | $5,000 | Large trees were blown down and blocked CR-40. A power line was snapped in half, and a high voltage transformer was on the ground. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage Grove | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Rockford | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Crewsville | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Keyno | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Pinthlocco (historical) | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Nixburg | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ray | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Jon | 6.5 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Hissop | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1262256 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 120154. 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.







