Pearsontown, Indiana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Southeast Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47140. The Survey maps it on the Valeene quadrangle.

Pearsontown within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1950 USGS Valeene quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1970 USGS Valeene quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Valeene quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Valeene quadrangle1:24000
1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

16 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Pearsontown between 1999 and 2014, burning about 26 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
Debris and open burning	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
30 June 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Hoosier National Forest	MILLER
21 April 2001	Power generation/transmission/distribution	2.0 acres	Hoosier National Forest	REMC FIRE
14 April 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Hoosier National Forest	MILTON
13 April 2003	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Hoosier National Forest	GERMAN RIDGE
25 March 2003	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Hoosier National Forest	BACON
19 March 2006	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Hoosier National Forest	HILLTOP FIRE
17 March 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hoosier National Forest	VAHALLA
11 March 2014	Debris and open burning	3.3 acres	Hoosier National Forest	SOUTHEAST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pearsontown: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Marengo Mine & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Temple Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Orange 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Valeene	1.3 miles	15
Bacon	2.3 miles	15
Pine Valley	4.9 miles	15
Fargo	5.1 miles	15
Rego	5.9 miles	15
Trotter Crossing	6.4 miles	11
Chambersburg	6.7 miles	14
Youngs Creek	6.7 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451321. 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.