Gilgal, Kentucky

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Prestonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40075. It stands on Lees Creek. The Survey maps it on the Campbellsburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gilgal within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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.

1952 USGS Campbellsburg quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Campbellsburg quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

7 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Gilgal (historical) between 1999 and 2014, burning about 90 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
Recreation and ceremony	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
2 April 2013	Railroad operations and maintenance	45 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	BETHEL FIRE
11 April 1999	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
1 April 2000	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
28 March 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
17 March 2009	Recreation and ceremony	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
15 March 2014	Recreation and ceremony	18 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	BUCK CREEK
10 March 2001	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mill Creek	1.3 miles	7
English	1.4 miles	12
Pleasant Union (historical)	1.6 miles	8
Tomtown (historical)	2.3 miles	7
Langstaff	2.5 miles	11
Worthville	3.7 miles	8
Indian Hills	4.7 miles	12
Carrollton	5.4 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2565047. 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.