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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.

Gamaliel within Monroe County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Gamaliel 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.

YearPeople Change
2010376
2020391+15 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

16 since 1999

Regional 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/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning3
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
22 April 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 April 2010Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 March 2008Recreation and ceremony14 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 March 2014Recreation and ceremony30 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFREETOWN
28 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 February 2013Debris and open burning1.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTURNER-YOUNG FIRE
18 February 2013Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBOARDERS FIRE
16 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.1 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
GamalielZincProspect

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

25 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2018FloodGamaliel1 killed, $10,000A 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 2006Thunderstorm WindGamaliel$75,000One barn was blown down and two other barns suffered roof damage.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindGamaliel$20,000A garage was destroyed by thunderstorm winds.
March 1997Thunderstorm WindGamaliel$10,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindGamaliel$7,500Trees were downed. One fell on a mobile home.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-There were trees down in Gamaliel.
August 2019HailGamaliel-The public reported hail the size of quarters at Gamaliel Shooting Supply.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-Trees were reported down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-Local law enforcement reported trees down in Gamaliel.
December 2013Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-The public reported that several trees were downed in Gamaliel and other locations around Monroe County.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-Several trees were downed on mile north of on State Highway 100.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-A tree was blown down and it was blocking Fountain Run Rd.
August 2010Heavy RainGamaliel-A trained spotter reported 3.15 inches of rain over 2 1/2 hours. Minor flooding was reported.
August 2010Heavy RainGamaliel-The public reported 6.31 inches of rain had fallen since midnight.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-Tree limbs were reported downed.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-Trees downed near Gamaliel.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-Trees were downed.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-Trees were downed.
July 2016HailGamaliel-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-no account filed
April 2006HailGamaliel-no account filed
July 2006HailGamaliel-no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGamaliel-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Freetown2.8 miles11
Bugtussle4.3 miles11
Harlan Crossroads5.0 miles13
Emberton5.1 miles11
Gum Tree6.0 miles11
Flippin6.9 miles11
Tompkinsville7.0 miles13
Boles7.2 miles11

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 GamalielAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1928072The 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.