BlockRaccoon, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46172. It stands on Cornstalk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Russellville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
2,008 words on this townshipBiographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana .., published 1887 names this settlement in its chapter on Franklin Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Franklin Township, lying in the middle of the north tier of townships in Putnam County, comprises tite Congressional township >Xo. 16 north, range 4 west, and is bounded on the north by Montgomery County, on the east by Jackson Township, on the south by Monroe Township, on the west by Russell Township. Its surface is roiling, presenting to the view a varied appearance. The township is drained by Raccoon Creole in the north, North Ramp Creek through the center, and South Ramp Creek in the southwest, all of which take a westward course. The soil of the township is very fertile, producing fine crops of grain and grass. The township is well supplied with timber, consisting principally of poplar, walnut, oak, hickory, beech and ash. The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad crosses the township north and south, running through the eastern tier of sections, and the Indianapolis, Decatur & Springfield Railroad runs east and west. It is inhabited by an enterprising class of farmers who, improving its natural advantages, have placed it in the front rank of the townships of Putnam.
Passage source: Biographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana .., published 1887.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Raccoon in 2002, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 December 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Raccoon: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russellville Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Russellville Stone Co. With Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raccoon in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2012: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raccoon | $5,000 | Trees were reported down at the intersection of Highways 231 and 236 due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Raccoon | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts of 50 mph were also observed. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Raccoon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fincastle | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Blakesburg | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Russellville | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Roachdale | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Carpentersville | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Morton | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bainbridge | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Portland Mills | 8.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 441714. 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.
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.