BlockBig Four Yard, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46123. The Survey maps it on the Clermont quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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 Clermont quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Clermont quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Clermont quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Clermont quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
9,569 words on this townshipHistory of Hendricks County, Indiana, published 1885; History of Hendricks County, Indiana, Her People, Industries and Institutions, published 1914 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Washington Township covers description, early history, political history, official.
Read the chapter on Washington Township - 9,569 words.
Fires near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Big Four Yard between 2003 and 2007, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 April 2003 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 April 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 11 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Wynbrooke | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Six Points | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Plainfield | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Clermont Heights | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Gale | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Tilden | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Brownsburg | 6.0 miles | 15 |
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 Q122551987 | 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 446832. 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.