BlockLittle Saint Louis, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Spencer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47115. It lies near Buzzard Roost Hill. The Survey maps it on the Depauw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1946 USGS Depauw quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Depauw quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Little Saint Louis between 2001 and 2017, burning about 80 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76 acres | Hoosier National Forest | JENNY HOLLOW |
| 28 March 2001 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | WYANDOTTE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Little Saint Louis: 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluorite Occurrence #2 | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Fluorite Occurrence #2 | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| John S. Davis Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Louisville Cement Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Milltown Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchtown | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Wynnsboro (historical) | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Depauw | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Moberly | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fairdale | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Ramsey | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| White Cloud | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Hancock Chapel | 6.2 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594549 | 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 438138. 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.