BlockMcKinley, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47108. It lies near Fleener Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Smedley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1951 USGS Smedley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Smedley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Jefferson township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
A Tragic Incident
Jn the fall of 1817 Richard Davicl and Catharine Chambers had fixed upiin a certain day when they were to be married. Every preparation had been made for the occasion, guests had assembled and were waiting for the arrival of the bridegroom, when a messenger came with the sad news that Mr. David had been bitten by a rattlesnake and had died the previous night.
In the county-history sources
6,093 words on this townshipCentennial History of Washington County, Indiana : Its People, Industies and Institutions : with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, published 1916 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jefferson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 6,093 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of McKinley in 1999, burning about 15 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 November 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Hoosier National Forest | PROSPECT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of McKinley: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medora Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Brimstone Corners | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Fairview | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Haleysbury | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Rush Creek Valley | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Prowsville | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Millport | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Kossuth | 6.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 438896. 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.