Massacre, Indiana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hamilton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47882. The Survey maps it on the Shelburn quadrangle.

Massacre within Sullivan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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.

1942 USGS Shelburn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1952 USGS Shelburn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Shelburn quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

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 Massacre between 2001 and 2005, burning about 16 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
Debris and open burning	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
21 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
4 July 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
12 April 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
28 March 2001	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
27 March 2003	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
20 March 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
17 March 2003	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
15 March 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Massacre: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
	Unnamed Prospect	Iron	Occurrence
	Unnamed Prospect	Iron	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Sullivan 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
Campbell Corner	0.9 miles	18
Shelburn	1.7 miles	18
Benefiel Corner	1.9 miles	18
East Shelburn	2.0 miles	18
Curryville	2.3 miles	18
Jackson Hill	2.6 miles	16
Standard	3.0 miles	18
Glendora	3.0 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 452130. 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.