Gibtown, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Perrin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76487. It stands on Elm Pool Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gibtown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gibtown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
68 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Gibtown between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,892 acres in total. 3 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 burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 110 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ADVENT FIRE |
| 5 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILKINS FIRE |
| 24 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SILLY BURN BAN, CUTOFF WHEEL IS OK... |
| 22 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ...IN THE SAME SPOT. |
| 18 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE 8-8-16 |
| 6 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gibtown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Industries Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gibtown in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibtown | $2,000 | Emergency management reported a barn blown down and trees down east of Perrin in rural southeast Jack County. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Gibtown | - | Flash flooding was reported along Highway 199 west of Farm-to-Market Road 920 about 5 miles west of Boonsville. There was also water near the roadway on Farm-to-Market Road 2210 near the town of Gibtown. |
| March 2002 | Hail | Gibtown | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westbrook | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Joplin | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Perrin | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Vineyard | 9.4 miles | 8 | |
| Wizard Wells | 11.7 miles | 8 | |
| Bartons Chapel | 15.4 miles | 8 | |
| Jacksboro | 17.0 miles | 9 | |
| Maryetta | 19.6 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122539620 | 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 1378351. 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.




