BlockBandon, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Oil Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47514. It stands on Massey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Branchville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Branchville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Branchville quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Bandon between 1995 and 2018, burning about 44 acres in total. 1 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 | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | NORTH FACE |
| 24 August 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | ST.CROIX |
| 21 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | TIPSAW |
| 2 July 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | CHERRY |
| 17 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | QUARRY |
| 7 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | CELINA GATEHOUSE |
| 6 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | FOX FARM FIRE |
| 16 April 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | HARBAVILLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bandon in 1 storm report in 2002: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2002 | Hail | Bandon | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apalona | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Branchville | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Leopold | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Celina | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Terry | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Ranger | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Oriole | 5.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 450651. 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.
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.