BlockLake on the Green, Indiana
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47201. It stands on South Branch Salt Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Bellsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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
- 1948 USGS New Bellsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS New Bellsville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Lake on the Green between 2000 and 2018, burning about 30 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | LUTHERAN LAKE |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | POPLAR GROVE |
| 7 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | MT HEALTHY |
| 31 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | LEHMAN |
| 23 March 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | OGOLA |
| 15 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | 135 CAMPFIRE |
| 5 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Hoosier National Forest | HARRIS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Stone Head | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Mount Liberty | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Christiansburg | 4.0 miles | 21 | |
| Becks Grove | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Gnaw Bone | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Clarksdale | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Spurgeons Corner | 4.8 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 452891. 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.