Eureka, Indiana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Indian Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47421. The Survey maps it on the Bedford West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bedford West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Bedford West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Bedford West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Eureka between 2002 and 2019, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning | 5 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | THE WOODS |
| 31 March 2014 | Other causes | 3.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | KENTUCKY HOLLOW |
| 17 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | MAPLE RIDGE FIRE |
| 18 February 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BRIARWOOD |
| 2 December 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | RACKOVICH FIRE |
| 8 October 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SOUTH I FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Eureka: 19 past producers, 8 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baalbeck Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Lawrence Co. Hwy. Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Bedford Ground Limestone Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bedford Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dark Hollow Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Dickenson Plant | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Diehl Hollow Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Elliott Stone Company, Inc. | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Eureka Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Hollow | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| Fayetteville | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Riverview | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Patton Hill | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Coxton | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Oolitic | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Avoca | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| East Oolitic | 3.3 miles | 22 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Eureka | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20641744 | 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 450896. 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.










