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Abydel, Indiana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1993. It stands in French Lick Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47454. It lies near Pipher Hollow. The Survey maps it on the French Lick quadrangle.

Abydel within Orange County

On record in Abydel

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

17 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Abydel between 2000 and 2018, burning about 96 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 July 2012Smoking1.0 acresHoosier National Forest270 WEST
27 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresHoosier National ForestCASINO
2 April 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestAIRPORT
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresHoosier National ForestSTEVENS SAWMILL
11 March 2001Debris and open burning8.0 acresHoosier National ForestYOUNG'S CREEK
28 February 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHoosier National ForestORANGE FIRE
23 February 2000Smoking40 acresHoosier National ForestGERALD CORNER
19 February 2011Debris and open burning6.0 acresHoosier National ForestTAN DOG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange 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 Abydel: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cave Quarries, Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

4 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Abydel in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
June 2023HailAbydel-Hail fell at a storm spotter's home.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindAbydel-There were multiple reports of tree damage and power lines down across Orange County.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindAbydel-Trees were blocking US 150 W in Orange County, Indiana.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindAbydel-Trees were reported down in the area.

Every storm recorded in Orange 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
Turleys2.1 miles15
West Baden Springs2.7 miles15
Prospect2.9 miles15
French Lick3.5 miles15
Braxtons Siding4.0 miles14
Orangeville4.2 miles14
Paoli5.0 miles14
Woodlawn Grove5.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 450618. 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.