BlockGilley, Kentucky
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Blackey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41819. It stands on Bear Branch. The Survey maps it on the Louellen quadrangle. It stands 1,581 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1887 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1916 USGS Nolansburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1919 USGS Nolansburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Louellen quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Johnson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Middlesboro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
83 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Gilley between 1997 and 2020, burning about 17,337 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 were 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 | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KARST ROBBINS |
| 21 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOBSTER BRANCH |
| 5 July 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARK CAMP BRANCH- DELPHIA |
| 20 June 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 66 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 May 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JOE KNOB |
| 12 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 510 |
| 1 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 683 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LITTLE SHEPHERD TRAIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gilley: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Gap Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton (historical) | 0.1 miles | 23 | |
| Gordon | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| Turkey Creek (historical) | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Defeated Creek | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Hubert (historical) | 8.5 miles | 16 | |
| Line Fork (historical) | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Linefork | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Banks | 9.0 miles | 14 |
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 Gilley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15221690 | 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 512310. 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.