Andry, Indiana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Springfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46360. The Survey maps it on the Michigan City East quadrangle.

Andry within LaPorte County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Michigan City East quadrangle1:24000
1969 USGS Michigan City East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Andry between 2008 and 2020, burning about 9 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 burning	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Equipment and vehicle use	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
3 July 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 103 - 2020
8 June 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 76 - 2019
26 May 2020	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 67 - 2020
17 May 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
8 April 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
27 April 2008	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
25 April 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
20 April 2008	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in LaPorte 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
Springfield	1.0 miles	11
Ambler	2.1 miles	11
Springville	2.5 miles	10
Lalimere	3.1 miles	10
Oakwood	3.1 miles	11
Merrick	3.3 miles	11
Tee Lake	3.6 miles	10
Davis	3.6 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 430173. 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.