BlockDeuchars, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47137. The Survey maps it on the Beechwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1950 USGS Alton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Beechwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Beechwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Beechwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Deuchars between 1998 and 2015, burning about 135 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | HIGH WALL |
| 29 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | LYNCH |
| 29 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BARN |
| 20 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BUZZARD ROOST |
| 16 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | 66 LIGHTNING |
| 17 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | LIBERTY |
| 11 June 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BIRDS CEMETERY |
| 7 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Hoosier National Forest | YEOMAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deuchars in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deuchars | $20,000 | A tree blew down on a transformer. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deuchars | - | There were several softwood trees snapped, uprooted, or with broken branches along a short section of Beechwood Road. Tree damage was oriented to the southeasterly and easterly directions. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jericho | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Beechwood | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Fredonia | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Alton | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Sulphur | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Artist Point | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Cape Sandy | 4.4 miles | 21 |
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 Q18149749 | 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 450844. 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.
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.