Mahan Crossing, Indiana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Stampers Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47454. It lies near Mahan Hill. The Survey maps it on the Livonia quadrangle.

Mahan Crossing within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Livonia quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1970 USGS Livonia quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

9 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Mahan Crossing between 2001 and 2018, burning about 106 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning	5
Arson/incendiarism	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Smoking	1
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
30 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Hoosier National Forest	LITTLE AFRICA
12 April 2018	Debris and open burning	77 acres	Hoosier National Forest	PIPELINE
21 March 2014	Debris and open burning	11 acres	Hoosier National Forest	STAMPER
28 February 2004	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Hoosier National Forest	BROMMER
27 February 2006	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Hoosier National Forest	COUNTY ROAD 350
12 November 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	1.4 acres	Hoosier National Forest	GREASE GRAVY
12 November 2005	Smoking	1.0 acres	Hoosier National Forest	MILLERSBURG
12 November 2001	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Hoosier National Forest	OAKGROVE

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 Mahan Crossing: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Calcar Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Stampers Creek	1.0 miles	14
Millersburg	1.5 miles	11
Pumpkin Center	2.2 miles	11
Syria	2.8 miles	14
Bromer	2.9 miles	11
Chambersburg	3.1 miles	14
Trotter Crossing	3.2 miles	11
Woodlawn Grove	5.2 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451194. 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.