Gatewood, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Whitesville-Philpot census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42351. It stands on Smeathers Lateral. The Survey maps it on the Pellville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1903 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Pellville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Gatewood between 1999 and 2017, burning about 93 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BEAN |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OAK ROAD |
| 30 March 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLD CAR |
| 23 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Gatewood: 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Olean Tile Tract No. 1 | Clay | Producer | ||
| American Olean Tile Tract No. 2 | Clay | Producer | ||
| Can-Tex Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Cannelton Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Lewisport Mine No. 3 | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Owensboro Brick Plant | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gatewood in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2012: 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Gatewood | $3,000 | Several trees were damaged. Peak wind speeds in this brief tornado were estimated at 65 mph. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Gatewood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scythia | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Bethlehem (historical) | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Chestnut Grove (historical) | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Knottsville | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Zion (historical) | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Lawrence (historical) | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Yelvington | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Spice Knob | 5.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508075. 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.






