BlockBraxtons Siding, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Paoli Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47454. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paoli quadrangle. It stands 584 feet above sea level.
On record in Braxtons Siding
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Thomas Elwood Lindley Houselisted 1985 · 0.2 miles away
Newberry Friends Meeting Houselisted 1996 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Paoli quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Paoli quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Paoli quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Braxtons Siding between 1993 and 2012, burning about 42 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 burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SPRINGS FIRE |
| 11 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | 270 WEST |
| 30 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BEECHGROVE |
| 9 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | MULZER |
| 2 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | AIRPORT |
| 11 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | WEST BADEN BARREL |
| 11 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | YOUNG'S CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Braxtons Siding: 2 producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calcar Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cave Quarries, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paoli | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Turleys | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Woodlawn Grove | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Lost River | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Abydel | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Syria | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Stampers Creek | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Youngs Creek | 5.7 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 Q30623323 | 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 450705. 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.