BlockHoosier, Indiana
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Stockton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47441. The Survey maps it on the Linton quadrangle. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1940 USGS Linton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Linton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Linton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
794 words on this townshipEarly History of Greene County, Indiana : As Taken from the Official Records, and Compiled from Authentic Recollection, by Pioneer Settlers ... Including Brief Sketches of Pioneer Families ..., published 1875 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Stockton Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Stockton Township - 794 words.
Fires near this place
30 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Hoosier between 2001 and 2008, burning about 81 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 30 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 June 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 April 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 April 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
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 Hoosier in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoosier | $1,000 | A 12 inch diameter tree limb was blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vicksburg | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Ellis | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Victoria | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Linton | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Summit | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Midland Junction | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| White Rose | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Antioch | 3.5 miles | 19 |
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 Hoosier | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14688429 | The 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 436413. 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.