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Marlin Hills, Indiana

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Bloomington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47408. It stands on Muddy Fork. The Survey maps it on the Bloomington quadrangle.

Marlin Hills within Monroe County

On record in Marlin Hills

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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.

In the county-history sources

13,530 words on this township

1884 History of Monroe County Indiana, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Bloomington Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Bloomington Township - 13,530 words.

Fires near this place

73 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Marlin Hills between 2003 and 2008, burning about 33 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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
Debris and open burning22
Recreation and ceremony19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural3
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
31 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
30 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Marlin Hills: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Zinc, Sulfur. 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
Bloomington LimestoneStoneProducer
Sphalerite Occurrence Z71Zinc, SulfurOccurrenceSphalerite
Arlington Hills QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Arlington MillLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Arlington QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Bennett MillLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Carl Furst QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Ed Bennett QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Hunter Valley QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Valley Stone QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe 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
Cascade1.8 miles25
Lancaster Park2.0 miles25
Dolan2.3 miles21
Arlington2.5 miles25
New Unionville3.2 miles21
Bloomington3.3 miles25
Forest Park Heights3.5 miles25
Eastern Heights3.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 438636. 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.