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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1921 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:62500
- 1923 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Polkville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1999Regional 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOVING RD. FIRE |
| 7 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 85 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RIVER BLUFF FIRE |
| 18 October 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CEMETERY RD. FIRE |
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 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gotts | - | A large tree was blown down by rear flank downdraft winds across Bethel Lane. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Gotts | - | 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gotts | - | A tree fell on the 4000 block of Sunnyside Gotts Road. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gotts | - | The Warren County County Road Department had to clear a toppled tree from Bethel Lane several miles east of Bowling Green. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Gotts | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Gotts | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polkville | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hardcastle | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Collett (historical) | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Loving | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Sunnyside | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bristow | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Victor | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Smithland (historical) | 4.4 miles | 15 |
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.





