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Gallup, Kentucky

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Clifford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41230. It stands on Contrary Branch. The Survey maps it on the Louisa quadrangle.

Gallup within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

165 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Gallup between 1997 and 2020, burning about 8,605 acres in total. None started naturally. 59 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
Arson/incendiarism59
Debris and open burning50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryUS 23
22 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryDONATHAN R

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gallup: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Busseyville Sandstone OutcropSilicaProspect
Lick Creek ClayClayProspect

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gallup in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2015: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015HailGallup-no account filed
February 2012HailGallup-no account filed
April 2011HailGallup-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Chapman0.7 miles24
Summit2.4 miles24
Torchlight2.5 miles24
Kise (historical)2.6 miles17
Georges Creek3.0 miles17
Donathon (historical)3.1 miles24
Ben Bow3.1 miles17
Meades Branch (historical)3.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508060. 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.