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Dillman, Indiana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46792. The Survey maps it on the Roll quadrangle.

Dillman within Wells County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 11 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

4 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Dillman between 2001 and 2007, burning about 27 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 July 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 April 2005Recreation and ceremony20 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 March 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 March 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Every fire recorded in Wells 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
McNatts2.2 miles11
Jeff4.0 miles9
Mount Zion5.7 miles9
Five Points6.1 miles9
Keystone9.0 miles9
Liberty Center10.0 miles9
Greenville11.2 miles11
Poneto11.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 433553. 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.