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Ridgemede, Indiana

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47401. The Survey maps it on the Bloomington quadrangle.

Ridgemede within Monroe County

On record in Ridgemede

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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.

In the county-history sources

8,019 words on this township

1884 History of Monroe County Indiana, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Perry Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Perry Township - 8,019 words.

Fires near this place

44 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Ridgemede between 1998 and 2018, burning about 43 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 were 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 ceremony14
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Natural1

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
9 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
1 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 August 2007Smokingunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoosier National ForestCONSERVATION
30 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
25 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Ridgemede: 12 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Stone. 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
Bloomington LimestoneStoneProducer
Acme QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Adams QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Arlington Hills QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Arlington MillLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Arlington QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Ashtone MillLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Buffalo QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Carl Furst QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Ed Bennett QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe 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
Hoosier Acres0.9 miles21
Bloomington1.5 miles25
Eastern Heights2.0 miles21
Sunny Slopes2.0 miles25
Broadview2.1 miles25
Cascade3.3 miles25
Arlington3.3 miles25
Clear Creek3.5 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 441997. 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.