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Bonds, Indiana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Northwest Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47469. The Survey maps it on the Huron quadrangle. It stands 755 feet above sea level.

Bonds within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

23 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Bonds between 2001 and 2020, burning about 134 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning8
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Smoking1

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
18 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestTUCKER LAKE
3 July 2012Natural1.0 acresHoosier National ForestOLD HOME PLACE
25 July 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHoosier National ForestGEORGIA TOWER
16 May 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestSHIRLEY CREEK
2 April 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHoosier National ForestROLAND POWER FIRE
1 April 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestTOLBERT FIRE
7 March 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHoosier National ForestBONDS
30 March 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHoosier National ForestSUGAR RIDGE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Bonds: 26 occurrences, 6 past producers, 4 producers, 3 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Flagstone, Aluminum. 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
Mitchell Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sphalerite Occurrence Z81Zinc, SulfurOccurrenceSphalerite
Edwards Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Hopper Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Wilson Halloysite DepositAluminumPast Producer
Wilson Halloysite DepositAluminumPast Producer
National Gypsum Co. Shoals MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer1951, 1955
United States Gypsum CompanyGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
United States Gypsum CompanyGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Opening No. 22IronOccurrence

Every working 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
Hindostan1.7 miles14
Scarlet2.6 miles18
Orangeville5.2 miles14
Roland6.5 miles13
Prospect7.2 miles15
West Baden Springs8.1 miles15
Abydel8.4 miles15
French Lick9.1 miles15

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 Q21197769The 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 450694. 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.