BlockSearcy Crossroads, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Posey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47038. It lies near Searcy Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Patriot quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Patriot quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Patriot quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Patriot quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Patriot quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Patriot quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Searcy Crossroads in 2011, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 November 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BACKWATERS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Searcy Crossroads: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot Aggregate Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Warsaw Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gurley Corner | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Antioch | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Patriot | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Quercus Grove | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Florence | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| East Enterprise | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Markland | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Allensville | 8.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 443183. 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.