Gamaliel, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fountain Run census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42140. It stands on Line Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gamaliel quadrangle. 391 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 843 feet above sea level.
On record in Gamaliel
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 1 record
Mount Vernon A.M.E. Churchlisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresGamaliel grew from 376 to 391 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 376 | |
| 2020 | 391 | +15 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1931 USGS Red Boiling Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Gamaliel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Tompkinsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Gamaliel between 1999 and 2014, burning about 95 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 14 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FREETOWN |
| 28 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 February 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TURNER-YOUNG FIRE |
| 18 February 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BOARDERS FIRE |
| 16 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.1 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 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 Gamaliel: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamaliel | Zinc | Prospect |
Storms near this place
25 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gamaliel in 25 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 18 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2018 | Flood | Gamaliel | 1 killed, $10,000 | A 19 year old female on Lyons Road attempted to drive through a low water crossing on the Rocky Branch of the East Fork of the Barren River just before 7 pm CST on New Year's Eve, but was washed away by the swollen creek's rising water. Her vehicle was carried downstream 500 yards, where it was discovered unoccupied the next day. After several days of searching, law enforcement located her body seven miles downstream on January 5, 2019. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | $75,000 | One barn was blown down and two other barns suffered roof damage. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | $20,000 | A garage was destroyed by thunderstorm winds. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | $7,500 | Trees were downed. One fell on a mobile home. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | There were trees down in Gamaliel. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Gamaliel | - | The public reported hail the size of quarters at Gamaliel Shooting Supply. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | Trees were reported down. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | Local law enforcement reported trees down in Gamaliel. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | The public reported that several trees were downed in Gamaliel and other locations around Monroe County. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | Several trees were downed on mile north of on State Highway 100. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | A tree was blown down and it was blocking Fountain Run Rd. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Gamaliel | - | A trained spotter reported 3.15 inches of rain over 2 1/2 hours. Minor flooding was reported. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Gamaliel | - | The public reported 6.31 inches of rain had fallen since midnight. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | Tree limbs were reported downed. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | Trees downed near Gamaliel. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | Trees were downed. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | Trees were downed. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Gamaliel | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Gamaliel | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Gamaliel | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gamaliel | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freetown | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Bugtussle | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Harlan Crossroads | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Emberton | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Gum Tree | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Flippin | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Tompkinsville | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Boles | 7.2 miles | 11 |
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 Gamaliel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1928072 | 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 492661. 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.




