BlockGandertown, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Loretto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40037. It stands on Coleman Run. The Survey maps it on the Loretto quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Loretto quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Gandertown between 2010 and 2014, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SPENCER HAMILTON |
| 8 November 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PASCAL BALLARD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gandertown in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gandertown | - | A power line was down near the 2800 block of Reuben Smith Road. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Gandertown | - | Manton Road was closed due to flooding from heavy rainfall. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gandertown | - | First responders responded to trees down on Nerinx Road at the county line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nerinx | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Cambron (historical) | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Holy Cross | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Burkes Spring | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Loretto | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Beantown (historical) | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Saint Francis | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Dant | 4.8 miles | 8 |
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 Q122547929 | 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 508062. 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.