BlockHeusler, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Marrs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47712. The Survey maps it on the West Franklin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1914 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS West Franklin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS West Franklin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Heusler between 2008 and 2011, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 November 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 October 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | W.T.H. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heusler in 1 storm report in 2020: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Heusler | - | One foot of water was over one intersection on Highway 62. Numerous county roads were flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marrs Center | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| West Franklin | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Philip Station | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Philip | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Caborn | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Lippe | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Parkers Settlement | 7.8 miles | 19 | |
| Bufkin | 8.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 436079. 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.
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.