BlockDanville, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47841. The Survey maps it on the Clay City 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.
- 1908 USGS Clay City quadrangle1:48000
- 1910 USGS Clay City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Clay City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Clay City quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Danville in 2003, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 November 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Danville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay City Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrick Corner | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Clay City | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Middlebury | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| New Brunswick | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Eel River | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Brunswick | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Old Hill | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Howesville | 6.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 452126. 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.