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Highland Village, Indiana

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47403. The Survey maps it on the Bloomington quadrangle.

Highland Village within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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.

In the county-history sources

9,632 words on this township

1884 History of Monroe County Indiana, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Van Buren Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Van Buren Township - 9,632 words.

Fires near this place

148 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Highland Village between 2003 and 2008, burning about 75 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 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 burning48
Recreation and ceremony44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism18
Smoking5
Natural3
Other causes2
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
9 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
20 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
18 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Highland Village: 9 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Bloomington LimestoneStoneProducer
Bloomington QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hinkle Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Arlington Hills QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Arlington MillLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Arlington QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Ashtone MillLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Bennett MillLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Carl Furst QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Ed Bennett QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe 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
Hunter Switch1.0 miles25
Leonard Springs1.4 miles25
Van Buren Park1.7 miles25
Kirby2.2 miles25
Arlington2.4 miles25
Garden Acres2.5 miles27
Broadview2.8 miles25
Bloomington3.0 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 436173. 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.