Saint Magdalen, Indiana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Shelby Township. The Survey maps it on the San Jacinto quadrangle.

Saint Magdalen within Ripley 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.

1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS San Jacinto quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

41 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Saint Magdalen between 2001 and 2020, burning about 3,296 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Arson/incendiarism	16
Debris and open burning	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Firearms and explosives use	2

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
15 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.5 acres	Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge	CAMERA FIRE
12 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge	PGL FIRE
1 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	280 acres	Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge	K ROAD FIRE
30 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge	RANGE 9 FIRE
12 August 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge	EAST PERIMETER FIRE IN-BOR SUMMER 2019 SUMMER
20 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	34 acres	Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge	SUMMER PGM FIRE
6 June 2012	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge	RANGE 3 FIRE
28 June 2012	Arson/incendiarism	12 acres	Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge	RANGE 5 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ripley 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
New Carrollton	1.7 miles	8
Rexville	2.9 miles	8
Jolleyville	3.0 miles	8
New Marion	3.8 miles	9
Haney Corner	4.7 miles	8
Correct	6.6 miles	9
Benham	7.7 miles	8
Jackson	7.9 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 452197. 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.