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Guthrie, Indiana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Marshall Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47421. The Survey maps it on the Oolitic quadrangle. It stands 525 feet above sea level.

Guthrie within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Guthrie between 1992 and 2018, burning about 95 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 burning10
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestCRAZY JOE
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresHoosier National ForestSTAR
5 July 2003Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresHoosier National ForestPOWERLINE
8 June 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestCLIFT
30 June 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestCAMPFIRE 191
23 June 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHoosier National ForestWHITE OAK
3 May 2014Natural1.2 acresHoosier National ForestRAMSEY RIDGE
24 May 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHoosier National ForestPINE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Guthrie: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sieboldt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sphalerite Occurrence Z70Lead, Zinc, SulfurOccurrenceSphalerite
Cleveland Stone Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Number 3 Needmore QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Guthrie QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
P.M. and B. QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Peerless QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Walsh QuarryLimestone, DimensionProspect

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Stemm1.4 miles22
Judah1.8 miles22
Coveyville2.0 miles18
Logan2.4 miles22
Needmore3.6 miles22
Bartlettsville3.6 miles18
Peerless3.6 miles22
Thornton4.2 miles22

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 GuthrieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5621755The 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 450992. 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.