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Pine, Indiana

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Calumet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46406. The Survey maps it on the Highland quadrangle.

Pine within Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Pine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,238 acres in total. 4 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
Railroad operations and maintenance44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Natural4
Other causes3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresIndiana Dunes National LakeshoreTENNESSEE
5 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance53 acresIndiana Dunes National LakeshoreMANY
16 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreIndiana Dunes National LakeshoreLIBERTY
9 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreIndiana Dunes National LakeshoreNEW HIRE
7 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresIndiana Dunes National LakeshoreTENNESSEE
27 August 2020Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresIndiana Dunes National LakeshoreGARY WORKS FIRE
10 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined33 acresIndiana Dunes National LakeshoreREPUBLIC
6 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreIndiana Dunes National LakeshoreVIRGINIA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Pine: 4 plants, 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Antimony, Lead. 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
(Facility) Us Steel Lead Smeltr & RefineryAntimony, LeadPlant
Buffington Cement PlantStoneProducer
East Chicago Plant-U.S. Gypsum Co.Gypsum-Anhydrite, PerlitePlant
J & L Steel/ Indiana Harbor WorksIronUnknown
Natl. Briquette Corp. PlantFluorine-FluoriteProducer
Samoki Brothers Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Buffington Lime PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Dean H. Mitchell Generating StationSulfurPlant
East Chicago Plant-Energy Coop.SulfurUnknown
Indiana Harbor LimekilnLimestone, GeneralPlant

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Clarke Junction1.2 miles19
Buffington1.9 miles19
Ivanhoe2.4 miles20
Tolleston2.6 miles20
Indiana Harbor2.9 miles19
Gary3.3 miles20
East Chicago3.4 miles19
Gibson3.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 441148. 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.