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Gibson, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Havana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32333. The Survey maps it on the Havana South quadrangle.

Gibson within Gadsden County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gibson, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Gibson, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Gibson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 866 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning31
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCONCORD RD (20)
30 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSCOTT DRIVE (20)
14 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1993Natural160 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2006Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(37) MILLERS LANDING FIRE
21 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresFlorida Forest Service(20) GRANT RD FIRE
20 July 2000Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gadsden County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Gibson: 4 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Gadsden County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gibson in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 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 2012Thunderstorm WindGibson$1,000A tree was blown down onto a power line on Old Bainbridge Road in Gadsden county near the county border. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGibson-A tree was blown down at the 5300 block of Shady Rest Road and blocked the road.

Every storm recorded in Gadsden 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
Scotland1.8 miles12
Rich Bay2.7 miles12
Topkegaiga (historical)2.7 miles12
Havana4.0 miles12
Freemont4.4 miles12
Florence4.8 miles12
Shady Rest4.9 miles12
Ohathlockhouchy (historical)5.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 283055. 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.