Gilpin, Kentucky
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42539. It stands on Strong Branch. The Survey maps it on the Liberty quadrangle. It stands 843 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1952 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Gilpin between 1998 and 2014, burning about 842 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 April 2013 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 41 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STRONG BRANCH |
| 21 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MASSENGALE |
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ELLIOT |
| 2 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FIRE TOWER |
| 12 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JONATHAN FORK |
| 8 March 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilpin in 2 storm reports in 1999: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1999 | Hail | Gilpin | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Gilpin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athens | 0.7 miles | 7 | |
| Cantown | 1.6 miles | 7 | |
| Poplar Springs (historical) | 2.3 miles | 7 | |
| Labascus | 2.9 miles | 7 | |
| Lawhorn Hill | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Pricetown | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Argyle | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Boyle (historical) | 4.5 miles | 7 |
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 Gilpin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5562571 | 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 508088. 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.
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.



