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Gotts, Kentucky

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Smiths Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42103. The Survey maps it on the Polkville quadrangle.

Gotts within Warren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Gotts between 1999 and 2010, burning about 96 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
14 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOVING RD. FIRE
7 March 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 November 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 November 1999Arson/incendiarism85 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 October 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryRIVER BLUFF FIRE
18 October 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCEMETERY RD. FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gotts 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
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGotts-A large tree was blown down by rear flank downdraft winds across Bethel Lane.
May 2021Flash FloodGotts-The fire department advised that water was in a home on the 5000 block of Gotts Hydro Road. The cost of property damage is unknown.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindGotts-A tree fell on the 4000 block of Sunnyside Gotts Road.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindGotts-The Warren County County Road Department had to clear a toppled tree from Bethel Lane several miles east of Bowling Green.
May 2025HailGotts-no account filed
June 2007HailGotts-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Warren 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
Polkville2.3 miles13
Hardcastle2.3 miles13
Collett (historical)3.1 miles13
Loving3.5 miles15
Sunnyside3.8 miles15
Bristow4.0 miles15
Mount Victor4.3 miles16
Smithland (historical)4.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 493053. 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.