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Bacon, Indiana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Southeast Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47140. It stands on Bacon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Valeene quadrangle.

Bacon within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

19 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Bacon between 1999 and 2014, burning about 35 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 burning11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1
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
30 June 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHoosier National ForestMILLER
21 April 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresHoosier National ForestREMC FIRE
14 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresHoosier National ForestMILTON
13 April 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestGERMAN RIDGE
1 April 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresHoosier National ForestZOO
25 March 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHoosier National ForestBACON
19 March 2006Debris and open burning2.5 acresHoosier National ForestHILLTOP FIRE
17 March 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestVAHALLA

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 Bacon: 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
Temple QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

1 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bacon in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2003Thunderstorm WindBacon-Trees were downed.

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
Pearsontown2.3 miles15
Valeene2.7 miles15
Fargo2.7 miles15
Pine Valley4.6 miles15
Ethel4.9 miles15
Youngs Creek5.6 miles15
Greenbrier7.4 miles15
Chambersburg7.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 450640. 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.