BlockFishtown, Indiana
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Taylor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47117. It stands on Eversole Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kosmosdale quadrangle. It stands 453 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1909 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1912 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Fishtown between 1997 and 2014, burning about 391 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POINTE BLVD FIRE |
| 3 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WINDING CREEK FIRE |
| 3 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WEAVERS RUN FIRE |
| 11 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WEAVERS RUN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fishtown: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gem Silica Elizabeth Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| Kosmos Cement Division | Stone | Producer | ||
| Kosmosdale Pit | Stone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Hollow | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Rosewood | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Macedonia | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Sugar Grove | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Buena Vista | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Elizabeth | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Rehoboth | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Evans Landing | 5.7 miles | 20 |
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 Fishtown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5455146 | 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 434532. 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.