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Red Hill, Indiana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47462. It stands on Red Hill. The Survey maps it on the Oolitic quadrangle.

Red Hill within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Red Hill between 2002 and 2018, burning about 10 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 burning5
Other causes1

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
23 April 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestTHE WOODS
6 March 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestGOAT ISLAND
31 March 2014Other causes3.5 acresHoosier National ForestKENTUCKY HOLLOW
18 February 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestBRIARWOOD
2 December 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresHoosier National ForestRACKOVICH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Red Hill: 5 past producers, 5 producers, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Number 3 Needmore QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Sieboldt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dark Hollow QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Diehl Hollow QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Elliott Stone Company, Inc.Limestone, DimensionProducer
Guthrie QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Joyner PlantLimestone, DimensionProducer
Klondike QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
P.M. and B. QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Reed QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Springville1.2 miles22
Avoca3.0 miles22
Needmore3.6 miles22
Judah3.7 miles22
Patton Hill3.9 miles22
Popcorn4.3 miles21
Dark Hollow4.4 miles22
Oolitic4.4 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Red HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20709374The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451656. 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.