BlockSpringtown, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46122. The Survey maps it on the Clayton quadrangle. It stands 843 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1953 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
6,757 words on this townshipHistory of Hendricks County, Indiana, published 1885; History of Hendricks County, Indiana, Her People, Industries and Institutions, published 1914 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Clay Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Clay Township - 6,757 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Springtown in 2010, burning about 4 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 October 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BLANTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amo | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Pecksburg | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hadley | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Reno | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Coatesville | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Summit | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Clayton | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Stilesville | 4.6 miles | 14 |
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 Springtown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7581210 | 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 444017. 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.