BlockHeritage Lake, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Floyd Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46121. The Survey maps it on the Coatesville 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.
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Coatesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Coatesville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,137 words on this townshipBiographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana .., published 1887 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Floyd Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Floyd Township - 1,137 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Heritage Lake in 2010, burning about 4 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 October 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BLANTON |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groveland | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| New Maysville | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Fillmore | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bainbridge | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cary | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Carpentersville | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Edgewood Lake | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Barnard | 8.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2629900. 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.