Gilbertsville, Kentucky
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Calvert City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42044. It stands on Old Beaver Dam Slough. The Survey maps it on the Calvert City quadrangle. 332 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 351 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGilbertsville fell from 458 to 332 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 458 | |
| 2020 | 332 | -126 (-28%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 23 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.
- 1929 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Calvert City quadrangle1:24000
- 1936 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Calvert City quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Calvert City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Calvert City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Gilbertsville between 1998 and 2017, burning about 158 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Smoking | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MARSHALL |
| 13 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CALVERT SUB STATION |
| 27 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GARBAGE FIRE |
| 14 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gilbertsville: 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Manganese, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Calvert City Smelter | Chromium, Manganese | Plant | ||
| Lake City Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Reed Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tenn Forging Steel/ Calvert City Ky | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilbertsville in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilbertsville | 2 hurt, $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilbertsville | $75,000 | A National Weather Service damage survey determined a microburst occurred at Kentucky Dam Village, adjacent to a short tornado track. Peak winds were estimated at 110 mph. About 75 trees were snapped or uprooted. |
| July 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Gilbertsville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilbertsville | $18,000 | At least three mobile homes sustained roof or siding damage. Several trees or tree limbs were down. A small storage shed was destroyed. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Gilbertsville | $10,000 | The level of Kentucky Lake was raised to 367 feet, about 8 feet above the normal summer pool stage. Low-lying parks, campgrounds, and marina parking lots near the lake were flooded. Some lake access roads were underwater. The lake level was still several feet below the record set during the spring of 2011 flood. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilbertsville | $4,000 | Trees were down on old Highway 641 south of Benton. Trees were also down near Gilbertsville on Ridge Road and at Rocky Point. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilbertsville | $4,000 | Three trees and some power lines were down. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilbertsville | - | A wind gust to 70 mph was reported by the public. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Gilbertsville | - | The level of man-made Kentucky Lake was raised to 367 feet, about 8 feet above the normal summer pool stage. Low-lying parks, campgrounds, and marina parking lots near the lake were flooded. Some lake access roads were underwater. The lake level was still several feet below the record set during the spring of 2011 flood. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Gilbertsville | - | Six inches of water was reported over U.S. Highway 62 near the Purchase Parkway. Water was over a county road several miles south of Gilbertsville. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Gilbertsville | - | Nickel size hail fell very near Kentucky Dam. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Gilbertsville | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Gilbertsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvert City | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Beechwood (historical) | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Lone Valley (historical) | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Haddox Ferry | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Locust Grove (historical) | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pugh (historical) | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Cloud Crossing | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Angle Creek | 5.2 miles | 22 |
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 Gilbertsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5561444 | 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 492823. 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.














