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Hunter Switch, Indiana

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47404. The Survey maps it on the Bloomington quadrangle. It stands 889 feet above sea level.

Hunter Switch 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

18,040 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 Richland Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Richland Township - 18,040 words.

Fires near this place

153 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Hunter Switch between 2003 and 2008, burning about 72 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism20
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
23 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreIndiana 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 Hunter Switch: 9 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, 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
Hinkle Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Bloomington QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Indiana Cal-Pro. IncStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
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

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
Highland Village1.0 miles25
Arlington1.4 miles25
Cascade2.2 miles25
Leonard Springs2.3 miles25
Bloomington2.6 miles25
Forest Park Heights2.6 miles25
Lancaster Park2.6 miles25
Van Buren Park2.6 miles25

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.

Wikidata item Q30627201The 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 436628. 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.