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Huron, Indiana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Spice Valley Township. The Survey maps it on the Huron quadrangle. It stands 548 feet above sea level.

Huron within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

16 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Huron between 2001 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
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
25 July 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHoosier National ForestGEORGIA TOWER
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
24 March 2001Debris and open burning15 acresHoosier National ForestSCARLET
22 March 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National Forest60 TRASH
21 March 2016Smoking2.6 acresHoosier National ForestKINGS RIDGE
18 March 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresHoosier National ForestCOZY FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 93 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 93 workings within 5 miles of Huron: 68 occurrences, 11 past producers, 9 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Flagstone. 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
Johnson QuarryFlagstoneProducer
National Gypsum Co. Shoals MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer1951, 1955
United States Gypsum CompanyGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
United States Gypsum CompanyGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
North Gardner MineAluminumPast Producer
North Gardner MineAluminumPast Producer
Pennsylvania Salt Company MineAluminumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huron in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHuron$3,000Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree that knocked down a power line. US 50 was closed for 3 hours before the line and tree could be removed.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindHuron-An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location. The report was received via social media.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindHuron-Trees were reported down near Huron on highway 50 due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 2007Flash FloodHuron-Rainfall up to 4 inches in two hours flooded local roads south of Huron.

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Moorestown2.9 miles14
Georgia5.3 miles14
Williams5.8 miles22
Bryantsville6.1 miles21
Hartleyville8.8 miles21
Silverville9.3 miles22
Coxton9.4 miles21
Redding9.5 miles21

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 HuronAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14688437The 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 451074. 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.