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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1890 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Whitley City quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Whitley City quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Whitley City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
191 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 143 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | PINE KNOT |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | HAYNES |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 28 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | PIGSKIN |
| 5 May 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Daniel Boone National Forest | 55 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilreath | $4,000 | There was damage to a mobile home and some 3 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs down on highway 92. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Gilreath | $1,000 | Twelve to 18 inches of water was observed flowing across the road at the intersection of Highways 592 and 1470. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Gilreath | - | 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilreath | - | A tree is down and blocking Laurel Cemetery Road near the McCreary County Airport. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilreath | - | The McCreary County 911 Call Center reported a tree down along TJ King Rd northeast of Pine Knot. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Gilreath | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Knot | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Revelo | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Hollyhill | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Stearns | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Strunk | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Creekmore | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hickory Grove | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Whitley City | 4.8 miles | 16 |
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.







