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Fenn Haven, Indiana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Troy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47586. It lies near Cox Hill. The Survey maps it on the Tell City quadrangle.

Fenn Haven within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

19 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Fenn Haven between 1999 and 2016, burning about 197 acres in total. 1 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
26 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestBUS
7 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHoosier National ForestSCHOOL
8 May 2009Naturalunder an acreHoosier National ForestEVENING FIRE
28 April 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHoosier National ForestECHO
19 April 2016Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryINDIAN LAKE
10 April 2013Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOAK ROAD
18 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresHoosier National ForestLOST FIRE
14 March 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestSTRAWBERRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fenn Haven: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Contained or Metal, Stone. 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
HawesvilleAluminum, Contained or MetalProducer
Perry Co. Hwy. Dept.StoneProducer
No. 8 DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tell City DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Perry 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
Tell City1.5 miles22
Cannelton1.5 miles17
Troy4.9 miles22
Dodd5.7 miles17
Lilly Dale7.9 miles14
Tobinsport8.4 miles14
Lauer9.0 miles14
Gatchel9.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 434445. 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.