BlockDoolittle Mills, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Oil Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47118. The Survey maps it on the Taswell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Taswell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Taswell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Taswell quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
53 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Doolittle Mills between 1993 and 2019, burning about 123 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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 | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | MP76 |
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | REST AREA - NORTH |
| 5 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | HEMLOCK |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | DOOLITTLE MILLS |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | I-64 |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | KEMP FIRE |
| 21 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Hoosier National Forest | HASKINS |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | DOOLITTLE MILLS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Doolittle Mills in 2 storm reports between 2002 and 2014: 2 hail. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Croix | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Fosters Ridge | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Uniontown | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Celina | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Kitterman Corners | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Branchville | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Sassafras | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Apalona | 6.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 450861. 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.