BlockFosters Ridge, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47513. It stands on Dry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bristow quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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 Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bristow quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Bristow quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
43 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Fosters Ridge between 1993 and 2014, burning about 209 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
| 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 |
| 14 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | ST. MARKS |
| 11 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | UNIONTOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniontown | 0.5 miles | 14 | |
| Kitterman Corners | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Doolittle Mills | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Sassafras | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Siberia | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Celina | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Croix | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Apalona | 5.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 452122. 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.