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Scarlet, Indiana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Northwest Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47469. The Survey maps it on the Huron quadrangle.

Scarlet within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

19 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Scarlet between 2001 and 2018, burning about 82 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 burning8
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
16 May 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestSHIRLEY CREEK
9 April 2005Recreation and ceremony10 acresHoosier National ForestROLAND FIRE
2 April 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHoosier National ForestROLAND POWER FIRE
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresHoosier National ForestSTEVENS SAWMILL
1 April 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestTOLBERT FIRE
7 March 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHoosier National ForestBONDS
30 March 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHoosier National ForestSUGAR RIDGE FIRE
24 March 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresHoosier National ForestWEST BADEN RESTART

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 72 workings within 5 miles of Scarlet: 52 occurrences, 8 prospects, 6 producers, 6 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Flagstone, Aluminum. 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
Edwards Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Hopper Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Wilson Halloysite DepositAluminumPast Producer
Wilson Halloysite DepositAluminumPast Producer
National Gypsum Co. Shoals MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer1951, 1955
Shoals MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Shoals MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
U.S. Gypsum Co. Shoals MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer1951, 1955
United States Gypsum CompanyGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
United States Gypsum CompanyGypsum-AnhydriteProducer

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Bonds2.6 miles18
Hindostan3.4 miles14
Roland4.4 miles13
Orangeville6.1 miles14
Prospect6.2 miles15
West Baden Springs7.0 miles15
French Lick7.9 miles15
Abydel8.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451436. 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.