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Shawswick, Indiana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Shawswick Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47421. The Survey maps it on the Bartlettsville quadrangle. It stands 591 feet above sea level.

Shawswick within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

8 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Shawswick between 2000 and 2019, burning about 15 acres in total. 2 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 burning5
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
8 July 2012Naturalunder an acreHoosier National ForestWALNUT TREE
8 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoosier National ForestLOYD W
3 May 2014Natural1.2 acresHoosier National ForestRAMSEY RIDGE
17 March 2005Debris and open burning8.0 acresHoosier National ForestMAPLE RIDGE FIRE
29 February 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestPLEASANT RUN FIRE
8 October 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresHoosier National ForestSOUTH I FIRE
3 October 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestBLUECHIP
25 October 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestWALK AWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Shawswick: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lawrence Co. Hwy. Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dickenson PlantLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Mcmillan PlantLimestone, DimensionProducer
Peerless QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Erie2.0 miles18
Heltonville3.0 miles18
Crawford3.6 miles17
Bedford4.5 miles17
Thornton4.8 miles22
Murdock5.1 miles22
Peerless5.1 miles22
East Oolitic5.2 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on ShawswickAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7491596The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451447. 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.