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Eastern Heights, Indiana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Bloomington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47408. The Survey maps it on the Unionville quadrangle.

Eastern Heights within Monroe County

On record in Eastern Heights

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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.

In the county-history sources

13,530 words on this township

1884 History of Monroe County Indiana, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Bloomington Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Bloomington Township - 13,530 words.

Fires near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Eastern Heights between 1998 and 2018, burning about 30 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
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoosier National ForestCONSERVATION
6 April 1998Debris and open burning22 acresHoosier National ForestKNIGHT RIDGE
29 April 2018Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHoosier National ForestCAMPSITE 47
16 April 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestINVERNESS FARMS
30 March 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 December 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHoosier National ForestKNIGHT RIDGE ROAD
28 November 1998Debris and open burning4.0 acresHoosier National ForestBLACKWELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Eastern Heights: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Zinc, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bloomington LimestoneStoneProducer
Sphalerite Occurrence Z71Zinc, SulfurOccurrenceSphalerite
Arlington Hills QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Arlington MillLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Arlington QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Bennett MillLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Carl Furst QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Ed Bennett QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Hunter Valley QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Valley Stone QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe 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
Hoosier Acres1.2 miles21
Ridgemede2.0 miles25
Bloomington2.5 miles25
New Unionville2.7 miles21
Cascade3.3 miles25
Marlin Hills3.5 miles25
Arlington3.7 miles25
Broadview3.9 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 433945. 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.