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Hogtown, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Whiskey Run Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47140. It stands on Brandywine Fork. The Survey maps it on the Milltown quadrangle. It stands 574 feet above sea level.

Hogtown within Crawford County

On record in Hogtown

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

5 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hogtown between 2004 and 2012, burning about 6 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 use2
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
30 June 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHoosier National ForestMILLER
19 March 2006Debris and open burning2.5 acresHoosier National ForestHILLTOP FIRE
27 February 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHoosier National ForestOAK GROVE
26 February 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestSHARK FIRE
21 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHoosier National ForestBIG BACON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hogtown: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Louisville Cement Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marengo Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Milltown Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hogtown in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020Thunderstorm WindHogtown$1,000A house had a window blown out on Ross Road. There was also tree damage in the area.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindHogtown-There was tree damage along Liberty View Road, north of Milltown.
April 2017FloodHogtown-A trained spotter reported that both approaches to a small bridge on Hogtown Road were washed out.

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Marengo1.6 miles14
Milltown2.5 miles14
Temple5.3 miles14
Pilot Knob5.5 miles14
Curby5.8 miles14
Carefree7.6 miles14
English7.9 miles14
Switzer Crossroads8.1 miles14

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 HogtownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5877406The 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 436299. 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.

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.