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Gaithers, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Elizabethtown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42701. It stands on Billy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cecilia quadrangle.

Gaithers within Hardin County

On record in Gaithers

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

13 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Gaithers between 2001 and 2014, burning about 333 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySOUTH DIXIE
6 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMOBLEY
28 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance94 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance117 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 April 2014Debris and open burning95 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWEST RHUDES CREEK
12 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 March 2014Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBOBBY STREET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Storms near this place

10 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gaithers in 10 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 5 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2019Flash FloodGaithers$15,000The Elizabethtown Fire Department responded to a water rescue under a bridge on Interstate 65 South at mile marker 87. A man and three children were rescued with no injuries.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGaithers$2,000A Kentucky state official reported to the NWS that a powerline was down due to severe thunderstorm winds.
February 2025Flash FloodGaithers-Flash flooding reported along Sportsman Lake Road.
May 2024HailGaithers-Nickel sized hail was observed south of Elizabethtown.
January 2023Flash FloodGaithers-Portions of Gaither Station Road became impassable due to flooding.
June 2023Flash FloodGaithers-Gaither Station Road was closed due to water over the roadway.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGaithers-Trees were reported down at the intersection of New Glendale Road and Brentwood Drive. Trees were also reported down on Senora Nolin Road.
June 2017Flash FloodGaithers-Westbound lanes of the Western Kentucky Parkway at mile marker 133 were blocked due to high water. Traffic was rerouted off the road as a result.
March 2017HailGaithers-no account filed
March 2012Thunderstorm WindGaithers-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hardin 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
Cecilia3.1 miles17
Elizabethtown3.3 miles18
Glendale3.9 miles14
Saint John4.5 miles17
Indian Hills4.5 miles18
Glendale Junction4.9 miles15
Hansbrough5.2 miles17
Kraft5.6 miles17

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 Q122594505The 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 508058. 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.