Low Gap, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Zula-Powersburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42633. It lies near Hall Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Powersburg quadrangle.

Low Gap within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1934 USGS Pall Mall quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Powersburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Corbin quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

39 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Low Gap between 1998 and 2017, burning about 1,619 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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
Debris and open burning	21
Arson/incendiarism	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Recreation and ceremony	3
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
13 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
13 August 2002	Recreation and ceremony	5.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
29 June 2012	Railroad operations and maintenance	90 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	DEEP MINE
2 April 2010	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
19 April 2010	Debris and open burning	22 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
18 April 2010	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
11 April 2016	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	DISHMAN MOUNTAIN
9 March 2000	Arson/incendiarism	16 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Low Gap: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Bald Rock Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sunnybrook	1.3 miles	8
Jimtown	1.4 miles	8
Sandclift	2.2 miles	10
Slickford	3.6 miles	8
Powersburg	4.1 miles	8
Hidalgo	6.3 miles	8
Windy	7.1 miles	8
Gapcreek	7.1 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508512. 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.