BlockSpring Mill Village, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47446. The Survey maps it on the Mitchell quadrangle. It stands 525 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1950 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Spring Mill Village between 2001 and 2020, burning about 50 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | FIBERTECH |
| 9 March 2001 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SIXTY |
| 21 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | TUNNELTON |
| 15 February 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Hoosier National Forest | LIBERTY FIRE |
| 19 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Indiana Division of Forestry | FLEENOR ROAD |
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 Spring Mill Village: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orleans Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| V. I. Grissom Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrenceport | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Mitchell | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Rivervale | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Stonington | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Woodville | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Rabbitville | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Buddha | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Redding | 4.9 miles | 21 |
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 Spring Mill Village | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7580633 | 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 443995. 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.