BlockBefore

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.

Gatewood within Daviess County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

11 since 1999

Regional 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
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
28 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBEAN
12 September 1999Smoking2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 2013Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOAK ROAD
30 March 1999Equipment and vehicle use12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 March 2013Recreation and ceremony3.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOLD CAR
23 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 March 2001Debris and open burning23 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Daviess County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
American Olean Tile Tract No. 1ClayProducer
American Olean Tile Tract No. 2ClayProducer
Can-Tex PitClayProducer
Cannelton MineClayUnknown
Lewisport Mine No. 3ClayUnknown
Owensboro Brick PlantClayProducer

Every working recorded in Daviess County

Storms near this place

2 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2007Tornado (EF0)Gatewood$3,000Several trees were damaged. Peak wind speeds in this brief tornado were estimated at 65 mph.
May 2012HailGatewood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Daviess 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
Scythia2.2 miles16
Bethlehem (historical)3.7 miles16
Chestnut Grove (historical)4.6 miles18
Knottsville4.7 miles16
Mount Zion (historical)4.9 miles16
Saint Lawrence (historical)5.1 miles17
Yelvington5.6 miles16
Spice Knob5.6 miles16

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.