BlockOatsville, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47649. The Survey maps it on the Union quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1902 USGS Ditney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Petersburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Union quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Oatsville between 1999 and 2016, burning about 613 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge | PECAN |
| 22 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 418 acres | Indiana Division of Forestry | MERIDIAN FIRE |
| 13 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge | OATSVILLE FIRE |
| 29 April 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 November 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge | HUGHES FIRE |
| 5 November 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge | HUGE TRACT |
| 18 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge | LANGFORD |
| 9 October 2001 | Smoking | 80 acres | Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge | BRITTINGHA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oatsville in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oatsville | $10,000 | Minor roof damage occurred to a home in Oatsville. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Oatsville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coats Spring | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Chandler | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Rumble | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Union | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Glezen | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Littles | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Willisville | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Bowman | 7.0 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 440490. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.