BlockGudgel, Indiana
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Columbia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47660. It lies near Kennedy Hill. The Survey maps it on the Oakland City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1902 USGS Ditney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Petersburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Oakland City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
7,891 words on this townshipSPC BOOKS STOR - 977.235 H History Of Gibson County Indiana, published 1884; History of Gibson County, Indiana : Her People, Industries and Institutions, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, published 1914 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Columbia Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Columbia Township - 7,891 words.
Fires near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Gudgel between 2001 and 2016, burning about 1,152 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge | PECAN |
| 22 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 418 acres | Indiana Division of Forestry | MERIDIAN FIRE |
| 8 April 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.5 acres | Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge | MAXEY! |
| 7 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge | SNAKEY POINT |
| 15 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 716 acres | Indiana Division of Forestry | COAL CAR |
| 28 February 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 19 February 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge | BOYD TRAIL FIRE |
| 6 November 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge | HUGHES FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hill | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Gray Junction | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Somerville | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Oakland City | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Mackey | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Francisco | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Dongola | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Buckskin | 5.8 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 435542. 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.