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Dark Hollow, Indiana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Indian Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47421. It lies in Dark Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Oolitic quadrangle.

Dark Hollow within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Dark Hollow between 2002 and 2019, burning about 22 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 burning5
Other causes1

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
21 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestTHE WOODS
31 March 2014Other causes3.5 acresHoosier National ForestKENTUCKY HOLLOW
17 March 2005Debris and open burning8.0 acresHoosier National ForestMAPLE RIDGE FIRE
18 February 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestBRIARWOOD
2 December 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresHoosier National ForestRACKOVICH FIRE
8 October 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresHoosier National ForestSOUTH I FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Dark Hollow: 9 past producers, 8 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Lawrence Co. Hwy. Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Fluorite OccurrenceFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite
Baalbeck QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Bedford Ground Limestone PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bedford Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Number 3 Needmore QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Dark Hollow QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Dickenson PlantLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dark Hollow in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2013Thunderstorm WindDark Hollow$21,000A tree was downed on a house, cars were damaged, and a garage was damaged due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. An outbuilding was also destroyed on Twin Pond Road.

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Patton Hill0.8 miles22
Oolitic1.1 miles22
East Oolitic1.6 miles22
Avoca1.7 miles22
Eureka1.8 miles21
Murdock2.2 miles22
Needmore2.7 miles22
Thornton2.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 450829. 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.

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.