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Scottsburg, Indiana

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47585. It stands on South Patoka River. The Survey maps it on the Augusta quadrangle.

Scottsburg within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Scottsburg between 2002 and 2006, burning about 425 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
1 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresPatoka River National Wildlife RefugeMALLETT
5 April 2002Arson/incendiarism60 acresHoosier National ForestPIKE FIRE
28 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined356 acresIndiana Division of ForestryINTERLAKE MINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike 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
Enos Corner2.2 miles18
Coe2.4 miles18
Hartwell3.1 miles19
Spurgeon3.2 miles18
Fritz Corner3.3 miles19
Augusta3.3 miles19
Arthur3.9 miles19
Stendal4.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 443162. 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.