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Ivanhoe, Indiana

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Calumet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46406. The Survey maps it on the Highland quadrangle.

Ivanhoe within Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Ivanhoe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 218 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
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

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
5 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresIndiana Dunes National LakeshoreTENNESSEE
16 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreIndiana Dunes National LakeshoreLIBERTY
27 August 2020Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresIndiana Dunes National LakeshoreGARY WORKS FIRE
29 July 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresIndiana Dunes National LakeshoreBOOT
2 July 2004Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresIndiana Dunes National LakeshoreUS STEEL 3
19 July 2001Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresIndiana Dunes National LakeshoreGREAT LAKE
15 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresIndiana Dunes National LakeshoreVIRGINIA
3 June 2017Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreIndiana Dunes National LakeshorePOINT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Ivanhoe: 6 plants, 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sulfur, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
(Facility) Us Steel Lead Smeltr & RefineryAntimony, LeadPlant
Buffington Cement PlantStoneProducer
East Chicago Plant-U.S. Gypsum Co.Gypsum-Anhydrite, PerlitePlant
Harbison-Walker/ Hammond, Ind.ChromiumProducer
J & L Steel/ Indiana Harbor WorksIronUnknown
Natl. Briquette Corp. PlantFluorine-FluoriteProducer
Samoki Brothers Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Buffington Lime PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Dean H. Mitchell Generating StationSulfurPlant
East Chicago Plant-Energy Coop.SulfurUnknown

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Hessville2.0 miles20
Gibson2.0 miles20
Van Loon2.0 miles20
Gerry Park2.3 miles20
Clarke Junction2.3 miles19
Osborn2.4 miles20
Pine2.4 miles20
Buffington2.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 436860. 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.