Gipsy, Missouri
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Wayne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63787. It stands on Lick Log Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gipsy quadrangle. It stands 407 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 20 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.
- 1935 USGS Zalma quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Zalma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Gipsy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Gipsy quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Gipsy between 1992 and 2019, burning about 180 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179092-11115-09112019-1700 |
| 11 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 May 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gipsy: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Howell Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lemon Land | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Reed Bank | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gipsy in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Gipsy | $400,000 | The tornado crossed into Bollinger County from Wayne County. The tornado directly affected the community of Zalma, where the school gymnasium roof was damaged. Air conditioning units were blown off the school roof. The top half of a two-story barn was destroyed. There was roof damage to a chicken house. Otherwise, the majority of the path was through densely wooded farm country, where numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. Peak winds were estimated near 105 mph. |
| December 2013 | Flash Flood | Gipsy | $50,000 | A water rescue was conducted by the fire department on Highway P and TT near the border of Wayne County. Flash flooding of Crooked Creek surrounded a restaurant in Marble Hill. Parts of Highways H, P, and W were closed. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Gipsy | - | Hail up to the size of half-dollars occurred on Highway TT. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gipsy | - | Trees were down across Highway E. |
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.
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 Gipsy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3477903 | 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 718467. 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.













