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Hindostan, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Northwest Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47469. It lies near Luke Knob. The Survey maps it on the Georgia quadrangle.

Hindostan within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

22 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Hindostan between 2001 and 2019, burning about 127 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
18 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestTUCKER LAKE
3 July 2012Natural1.0 acresHoosier National ForestOLD HOME PLACE
25 July 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHoosier National ForestGEORGIA TOWER
16 May 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestSHIRLEY CREEK
2 April 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHoosier National ForestROLAND POWER FIRE
1 April 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestTOLBERT FIRE
7 March 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHoosier National ForestBONDS
30 March 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHoosier National ForestSUGAR RIDGE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Hindostan: 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Flagstone, Aluminum, 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
Mitchell Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sphalerite Occurrence Z81Zinc, SulfurOccurrenceSphalerite
Edwards Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Hopper Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Wilson Halloysite DepositAluminumPast Producer
Wilson Halloysite DepositAluminumPast Producer
Unnamed OpeningIronOccurrence
Unnamed OpeningIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Bonds1.7 miles18
Scarlet3.4 miles18
Orangeville3.5 miles14
Prospect6.1 miles15
Roland6.4 miles13
West Baden Springs6.9 miles15
Abydel6.9 miles15
Turleys7.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451043. 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.