BlockFreeman, Indiana
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47460. It stands on Little Raccoon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitehall quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1908 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:48000
- 1910 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Freeman between 2003 and 2008, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 June 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 June 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 26 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 19 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Freeman: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. C. Hargis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freeman in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Freeman | $25,000 | Flash flooding in the area of the intersection of Bakers School Road and Franklin Road from area creeks and streams. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree on Little Flock Road. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braysville | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Whitehall | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Adel | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Pottersville | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| New Hope | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Southport | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Vilas | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Highets Corner | 6.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 434814. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.