Halls Gap, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Waynesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40489. The Survey maps it on the Halls Gap quadrangle.
On record in Halls Gap
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Adam Pence Houselisted 1978 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Halls Gap quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Halls Gap quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
40 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Halls Gap between 1998 and 2020, burning about 529 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LANDFILL |
| 30 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HAZZLETT HOLLOW |
| 22 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PETTIT |
| 2 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HOLE IN TH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Halls Gap: 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastside Roadcut Clay Bed | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect | ||
| Roadcut Clay Bed | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect | ||
| Westside Roadcut Clay Bed | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Halls Gap in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2002 | Hail | Halls Gap | $20,000 | Windows were knocked out of homes. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halls Gap | $8,000 | The emergency manager reported trees down and power outages due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halls Gap | - | Trees were down on Fairground Road. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halls Gap | - | A tree was down along Route 643, south of Sanford. |
| January 2006 | Hail | Halls Gap | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Halls Gap | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maywood | 1.5 miles | 7 | |
| Avondale (historical) | 2.2 miles | 7 | |
| Highland | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Grove (historical) | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Miracle | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| West Lynn (historical) | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Jumbo | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Ottenheim | 3.3 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.
| Wikidata item Q122558377 | 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 493604. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.




