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Lilly Dale, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Anderson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47586. It lies near Bolin Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Gatchel quadrangle.

Lilly Dale within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

34 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Lilly Dale between 1993 and 2014, burning about 76 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
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1
Smoking1

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
4 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestPOISON CREEK
26 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestBUS
14 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestMT. ZION
5 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHoosier National ForestAUBURN FIRE
28 July 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHoosier National ForestSAGEBRUSH
8 May 2009Naturalunder an acreHoosier National ForestEVENING FIRE
7 April 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestCENTRAL PERRY
29 April 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestALBANY ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry 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
Gatchel2.4 miles14
Gerald4.2 miles16
Terry5.3 miles14
Ranger6.1 miles14
Derby6.7 miles16
Dodd6.9 miles17
Hardingrove7.2 miles14
Leopold7.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451144. 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.