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Richey Park, Indiana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 47960. The Survey maps it on the Monticello South quadrangle.

Richey Park within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Richey Park in 2008, burning about 8 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
Recreation and ceremony2

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
6 April 2008Recreation and ceremony7.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 March 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll 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
Sandy Beach0.4 miles9
Gingrich Addition0.5 miles9
Lakewood1.2 miles9
Roth Park1.3 miles8
Breezy Point1.6 miles9
Yeoman1.9 miles8
Scarlet Oaks1.9 miles9
Walnut Gardens2.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 441956. 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.