BlockAltamont Switch, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Wea Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47909. The Survey maps it on the Lafayette East quadrangle. It stands 650 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lafayette East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Lafayette East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Altamont Switch between 2002 and 2004, burning about 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 December 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Altamont Switch: 7 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rostone Crp/ Lafayette Oprtns. | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Rostone Crp/ Lafayette Oprtns. | Aluminum | Plant | ||
| Bratz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Casi Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Elwood Sales | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fairfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lafayette Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lafayette Portable Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Macy's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Taylor Station | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norma Jean Addition | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Tecumseh | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Elston | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Lafayette | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Eastwitch | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| West Lafayette | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Summit | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Shadeland | 4.0 miles | 9 |
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 Q27988869 | 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 430119. 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.