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North Columbus, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Columbus Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47203. The Survey maps it on the Columbus quadrangle.

North Columbus within Bartholomew County

On record in North Columbus

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of North Columbus between 2001 and 2005, 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
14 November 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 October 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 October 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartholomew 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 North Columbus: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 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
Carter Gravel CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rees PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Spray Sand and Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bartholomew 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
Forest Park0.4 miles14
Parkside0.4 miles14
Riverview Acres0.9 miles14
Everroad Park1.1 miles14
Flat Rock Park1.4 miles15
Corn Brook1.8 miles14
East Columbus2.2 miles14
Columbus2.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 440238. 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.