BlockDeming Woods, Indiana
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47803. The Survey maps it on the Seelyville quadrangle. It stands 541 feet above sea level.
On record in Deming Woods
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Ohio Boulevard-Demming Park Historic Districtlisted 1989 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1941 USGS Seelyville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Seelyville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Seelyville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Deming Woods between 2002 and 2005, burning about 253 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 11 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 June 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 14 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Deming Woods: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terre Haute City Eng. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Harlan Farm | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Standard Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Terre Haute North Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Whitlock Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deming Park | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Duane Yards | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Terre Haute | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Twelve Points | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Preston | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Glen Ayre | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Spring Hill | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Taylorville | 3.5 miles | 17 |
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 Q5255372 | 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 433466. 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.