BlockPage, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1992. It stands in York Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46737. The Survey maps it on the Clear Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1939 USGS Clear Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Clear Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Clear Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Clear Lake quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
15,226 words on this townshipHistory of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on York Township covers geogkaphical, descriptive, first land entries and first settlers, immigrants prior to 1840, first events, first schools.
Read the chapter on York Township - 15,226 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Page in 2019, 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/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CAMDEN FIRE/RESCUE 0201927 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastpoint Terminal | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| York | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Berlien | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Clear Lake | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Courtney Corner | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Ellis | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Fremont | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Metz | 5.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 446716. 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.