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Gap in Knob, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Shepherdsville Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40165. It lies near MacDonald Knob. The Survey maps it on the Brooks quadrangle. It stands 495 feet above sea level.

Gap in Knob within Bullitt County

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

54 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Gap in Knob between 1997 and 2016, burning about 178 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/undetermined21
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony14
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 September 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryJOHNSON HO
18 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.9 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCHIP FIRE
17 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 May 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 May 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2010Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bullitt County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gap in Knob: 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bloating Material, Clay. 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
Highway 61 RoadcutClayProspect
ShepherdsvilleBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Bullitt County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sheperdsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Bullitt County

Storms near this place

13 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gap in Knob in 13 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 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
March 2016Thunderstorm WindGap In Knob$20,000A pole barn was blown down on Highway 44, 1 mile from Alpar Lane.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGap In Knob$15,000A power line was reported down on Sandy Drive.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindGap In Knob$10,000An outbuilding was damaged near Salt River Electric on Highway 44.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGap In Knob-A tree was blown down across Coral Ridge Road north of Shepherdsville.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGap In Knob-Metal fences were blown down, siding was removed from mobile homes, and smaller trees were blown down. A hand held anemometer measured 70 mph before it was blown away.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGap In Knob-A line of thunderstorms dropping south from the Louisville area caused an area of strong wind gusts that brought down several trees across the Shepherdsville area. The most notable cluster of damage occurred just south of Floyds Fork, along Gibraltar Dr,|where multiple trees in a heavily wooded area were uprooted or snapped. One set of trees fell onto a home, causing roof damage to an in-ground home. A drive east to west along Hwy 44 in that region noted several trees downed by these straight lined winds, likely peaking in the 90-100 mph range. The time for this damage is based on eye-witness accounts matching up with radar, as there were multiple storms that crossed this area that evening.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGap In Knob-Trees were down blocking the 6000 block of Highway 44 West.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindGap In Knob-The Bullitt County emergency manager reported trees down in the area.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindGap In Knob-The Bullitt County emergency manager reported trees and power lines down throughout the area.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGap In Knob-A broadcast meteorologist relayed a report of trees down along Highway 61.
April 2011Heavy RainGap In Knob-The emergency manager reported 1.38 inches of rain from 5 pm through 8:30 pm.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindGap In Knob-Two trees were blown down at Bullitt county high school.
July 2018HailGap In Knob-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bullitt 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
Fox Chase2.1 miles17
Shepherdsville2.1 miles12
Salt River2.6 miles12
Hebron (historical)2.9 miles17
Hebron Estates3.0 miles17
Oak Grove3.1 miles12
Brooks3.1 miles17
Pioneer Village3.3 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.

Wikipedia article on Gap in KnobAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5521755The 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 508063. 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.