BlockBald Knobs, Indiana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pershing Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47235. It stands on Pruitt Branch. The Survey maps it on the Story quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1942 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Story quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Story quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Bald Knobs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 339 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | TAYLOR |
| 26 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | WHITE |
| 12 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | FLEETWOOD CEMETERY |
| 8 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Hoosier National Forest | FREEDOM |
| 6 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BROWN |
| 4 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | LUTES FIRE |
| 9 April 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | HOUSTON NORTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 450648. 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.