BlockSpraytown, Indiana
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pershing Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47274. The Survey maps it on the Waymansville quadrangle. It stands 768 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 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 Franklin quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Waymansville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Waymansville quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Spraytown between 1992 and 2018, burning about 197 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 were 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 burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 8 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Hoosier National Forest | FREEDOM |
| 6 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BROWN |
| 9 April 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | HOUSTON NORTH |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | LUTHERAN LAKE |
| 14 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | PRITCHETT |
| 1 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | ELLIS |
| 1 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | WHITE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spraytown in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2009: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Spraytown | $30,000 | State police reported multiple road closings across northwest Jackson County due to flash flooding. Several residences were reported flooded as well. One mobile home was rolled due to the flash flooding as well. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spraytown | $3,000 | no account filed |
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.
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 Spraytown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7580236 | The 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 451494. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.