BlockPhipps, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Moundville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35474. The Survey maps it on the Moundville East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Moundville East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Moundville East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
69 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Phipps between 1995 and 2019, burning about 3,301 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 14 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Natural | 6.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | HALF BAKED |
| 6 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140913-001 |
| 13 September 2014 | Natural | 70 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140913-002 |
| 13 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 413 acres | National Forests in Alabama | 701 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Phipps in 3 storm reports between 2022 and 2023: 2 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Hail | Phipps | - | Hail up to the size of quarters reported on County Road 49. |
| February 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Phipps | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeast Hale County and determined that it was consistent with an EF2 tornado, with maximum winds near 120 mph. The tornado touched down in the Talladega National Forest along Forest Road 704, where minor tree and limb damage was noted. The path continued northeast, crossing County Road 49, where several trees were snapped, with shingle damage to a single family home and sheet metal was torn from the roof of a barn. The tornado continued northeast crossing Forest Road 718A and tracking along County Road 50, snapping and uprooting trees along its path. An extensive area of tree damage occurred just north of County Road 50, where hundreds of trees were either snapped or uprooted. The tornado then crossed into Bibb County about one-half mile north of Forest Road 731. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Phipps | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northeast Hale County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 80 mph. The brief tornado touched down near County Road 50 about 500 yards east of County Road 49. Before dissipating, several trees were uprooted and snapped along its short path. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingram | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Wateroak | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hogglesville | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Havana | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Harper Hill | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Moundville | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Powers | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Cypress | 8.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160371. 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.