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Logan, Indiana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Marshall Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47421. It stands on Bailey Branch. The Survey maps it on the Oolitic quadrangle.

Logan within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Logan between 1992 and 2018, burning about 42 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Other causes1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 May 2014Natural1.2 acresHoosier National ForestRAMSEY RIDGE
24 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestCHAPEL HILL SOUTH
21 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestTHE WOODS
11 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresHoosier National ForestVALLEY MISSION
7 March 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestCHAPEL HILL
31 March 2014Other causes3.5 acresHoosier National ForestKENTUCKY HOLLOW
22 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHoosier National ForestBLOCK HOUSE
18 March 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestGUTHRIE ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Logan: 8 past producers, 7 producers, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sieboldt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Baalbeck QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Number 3 Needmore QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Dark Hollow QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Dickenson PlantLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Diehl Hollow QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Elliott Stone Company, Inc.Limestone, DimensionProducer
Guthrie QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Joyner PlantLimestone, DimensionProducer
Klondike QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Logan in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLogan-A 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust was reported in this location, along with one half inch hail.

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Stemm1.0 miles22
Peerless1.3 miles22
Needmore1.6 miles22
Thornton1.8 miles22
Judah2.0 miles22
Murdock2.2 miles22
Guthrie2.4 miles22
Coveyville2.9 miles18

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 Q20657973The 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 451170. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.