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Gilreath, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Pine Knot census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42635. The Survey maps it on the Whitley City quadrangle.

Gilreath within McCreary County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Gilreath between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,969 acres in total. None started naturally. 143 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/incendiarism143
Debris and open burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2007Debris and open burning40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestPINE KNOT
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2005Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresDaniel Boone National ForestHAYNES
17 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 1999Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 June 2007Arson/incendiarism28 acresDaniel Boone National ForestPIGSKIN
5 May 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresDaniel Boone National Forest55

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCreary County

Storms near this place

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilreath in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGilreath$4,000There was damage to a mobile home and some 3 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs down on highway 92.
July 2015Flash FloodGilreath$1,000Twelve to 18 inches of water was observed flowing across the road at the intersection of Highways 592 and 1470.
May 2025HailGilreath-A picture on social media showed very large hail occurring at mile marker 6 on E. Williamsburg St., just east of Whitley City, near the intersection with Watters Ridge Road. The picture showed a hail stone in someone's hand, stretching 4 fingers wide. Another report a few minutes later showed a hail stone in someone's hand stretching 3 fingers wide.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindGilreath-A tree is down and blocking Laurel Cemetery Road near the McCreary County Airport.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindGilreath-The McCreary County 911 Call Center reported a tree down along TJ King Rd northeast of Pine Knot.
July 2007HailGilreath-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McCreary 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
Pine Knot2.9 miles16
Revelo3.8 miles16
Hollyhill3.9 miles16
Stearns4.3 miles16
Strunk4.4 miles16
Creekmore4.5 miles16
Hickory Grove4.6 miles16
Whitley City4.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 512317. 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.