BlockFriendly Corner, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46952. The Survey maps it on the Van Buren quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
5,108 words on this townshipHistory of Grant County, Indiana, published 1886 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Monroe Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Monroe Township - 5,108 words.
Fires near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Friendly Corner between 2001 and 2007, burning about 30 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 13 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 11 April 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 March 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 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 Friendly Corner: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garthwaite Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 434842. 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.