BlockKnight Ridge, Indiana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Salt Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47401. It lies near Epsom Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Unionville quadrangle. It stands 817 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1942 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Unionville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Unionville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Unionville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Unionville quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Salt Creek township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
The Salt Works
salt springs along its course. These were discovered at an carly day from the great resort made of them by deer which came to drink. They became famous deer-licks, where, as long as those animals were found in the county in any abundance, they could be killed by the hunters, and were so killed. Some of the salty localities gave evidence of such strength that it was resolved to evaporate the water, and thus begin the business of manufacturing salt.
In the county-history sources
6,659 words on this township1884 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 Salt Creek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Salt Creek Township - 6,659 words.
Fires near this place
22 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Knight Ridge between 1997 and 2018, burning about 76 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | CONSERVATION |
| 16 July 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | POINT CAMP FIRE |
| 26 June 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | WATER SLIDE FIRE |
| 9 April 2017 | Smoking | 7.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BUTCHER HOLLOW |
| 6 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Hoosier National Forest | KNIGHT RIDGE |
| 4 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | TRAILER |
| 29 April 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | CAMPSITE 47 |
| 21 April 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | RODNEY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodville Hills | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Hoosier Acres | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Handy | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Ridgemede | 4.1 miles | 25 | |
| Eastern Heights | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Sunny Slopes | 5.2 miles | 25 | |
| Sanders | 5.3 miles | 27 | |
| Smithville | 5.4 miles | 27 |
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 Knight Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21197811 | 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 437389. 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.