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New Baltimore, Indiana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bethel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47616. It stands on Black River. The Survey maps it on the New Harmony quadrangle.

New Baltimore within Posey County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

3,149 words on this township

History and Directory of Posey County [Indiana] : Containing an Account of the Early Settlement and Organization of the County ... : Also a Complete List of the Tax-payers, Their Post-office Addresses and Places of Residence, Together with a Business Directory of Mt. Vernon and New Harmony ... Also Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens of the County, published 1882; History of Posey County, Indiana : from the Earliest Times to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. : Together with an Extended History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana, published 1886; History of Posey County, Indiana, published 1913 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Bethel Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Bethel Township - 3,149 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of New Baltimore in 2004, burning about 1 acre 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
Debris and open burning1

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
29 February 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Posey 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 New Baltimore: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Aulvin Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Compton Pit & DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Diamond Dredge and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Posey 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
Griffin1.9 miles21
Barrett3.0 miles21
New Harmony3.4 miles21
Rapture4.4 miles21
Stewartsville4.5 miles21
Poseyville7.1 miles21
Wadesville8.7 miles19
Hepburn9.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 449048. 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.