Merrick, Indiana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Springfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46360. The Survey maps it on the Michigan City East quadrangle.

Merrick within LaPorte County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Michigan City East quadrangle1:24000
1969 USGS Michigan City East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Merrick between 2008 and 2020, burning about 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	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
3 July 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 103 - 2020
8 June 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 76 - 2019
26 May 2020	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 67 - 2020
25 April 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
9 November 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 196 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in LaPorte County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Merrick: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Michigan City Eng.	Stone	Producer
Michigan City Plant	Silica	Producer
Sheridan Ave Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Michiana Shores	1.3 miles	10
Duneland Beach	1.6 miles	10
Davis	1.7 miles	11
Ambler	1.8 miles	11
Long Beach	2.2 miles	11
Springfield	2.5 miles	11
Pottawattamie Park	2.9 miles	11
Andry	3.3 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 446711. 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.