BlockDeer Creek, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Winfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46307. The Survey maps it on the Crown Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Crown Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Crown Point quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Crown Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Deer Creek between 2001 and 2005, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 August 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 May 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 30 May 2005 | Other causes | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 25 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 30 April 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Palmer | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Deep River | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Leroy | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Ainsworth | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Gentle Manor Estates | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Green Acres | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wald View | 5.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 433418. 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.