Gabe, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Summersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42743. It sits by Buzzards Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Summersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Summersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Summersville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Campbellsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Gabe between 2000 and 2020, burning about 203 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 47 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRAMBLE HU |
| 6 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SAM GENTRY |
| 31 March 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gabe in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gabe | $50,000 | A Kentucky state official reported that multiple trees and power lines were down with structural damage reported as well. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gabe | $15,000 | The roof was torn off a mobile home. Some outbuildings and their contents were damaged. A few trees were downed. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Gabe | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported just west of Greensburg. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gabe | - | Several trees were downed by strong winds in Green County. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gabe | - | A tree was down on a mobile home. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gabe | - | A spotter reported several trees down 5 miles west of Summersville near the intersection of Lower Brush Cane Road and State Highway 323. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Gabe | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Gabe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summersville | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bloyds Crossing | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Webbs | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Allendale | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lobb | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Greensburg | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Coakley | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Eve | 5.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508056. 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.




