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Lost River, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Paoli Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47454. The Survey maps it on the Paoli quadrangle.

Lost River within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

8 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Lost River between 2001 and 2013, burning about 10 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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
6 July 2012Smoking1.0 acresHoosier National Forest270 WEST
17 July 2013Naturalunder an acreHoosier National ForestTOWER HILL
9 April 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestMULZER
29 February 2004Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresHoosier National ForestLOST ROVER FIRE
28 February 2004Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresHoosier National ForestSILVERTON FIRE
27 February 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestCOUNTY ROAD 350
6 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoosier National ForestSINK HOLE
10 November 2010Smoking1.0 acresHoosier National ForestGEORGIA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lost River: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Calcar QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Woodlawn Grove2.0 miles14
Syria3.0 miles14
Paoli3.6 miles14
Orleans3.8 miles17
Braxtons Siding3.8 miles14
Turleys4.4 miles15
Pumpkin Center4.8 miles11
Stampers Creek4.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451660. 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.