BlockLake View, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Posey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47024. The Survey maps it on the Metamora quadrangle. It stands 1,010 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lake View in 2004, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 October 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lake View: 6 producers, 4 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Booher Stone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Denny Stone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Franklin County Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Henson Stone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Holzhause Stone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Laurel Stone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Ogle Stone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Rabbit Hollow Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Turner Stone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andersonville | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Midway | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Auburn | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Laurel | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Buena Vista | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Metamora | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Millville | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Peppertown | 7.2 miles | 10 |
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 Lake View | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6478277 | 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 437540. 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.