Neelys Gap, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Dividing Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40437. It lies near Turkeyfoot Knob. The Survey maps it on the Ellisburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Neelys Gap within Casey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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.

1952 USGS Ellisburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

31 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Neelys Gap (historical) between 1998 and 2014, burning about 389 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Arson/incendiarism	7
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
4 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
12 September 1998	Smoking	15 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
25 April 2001	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
16 April 2008	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
5 March 2000	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
4 March 2009	Debris and open burning	40 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
29 March 1998	Debris and open burning	45 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
27 March 2014	Debris and open burning	50 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	TURKEY FOOT GAP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Casey 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 Neelys Gap (historical): 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
	Roadcut Bench Clay Bed	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Casey 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
Ruletown (historical)	1.5 miles	8
Frey Creek (historical)	1.6 miles	8
Carpenter Creek (historical)	1.7 miles	8
Ellisburg	2.0 miles	8
Dogwood (historical)	3.2 miles	8
Butchertown	4.4 miles	10
Peytons Store	4.4 miles	8
Stapp (historical)	5.0 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742275. 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.