BlockSchaefer Lake, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Haw Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47246. The Survey maps it on the Hartsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1942 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hartsville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Schaefer Lake between 2003 and 2005, burning about 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 19 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Rugby | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hartsville | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Old Saint Louis | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Newbern | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Nortonburg | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Petersville | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Saint Louis Crossing | 5.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2830265. 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.