Stalcup Corner, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47424. It lies near Simpson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Lyons quadrangle.

Stalcup Corner within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1943 USGS Lyons quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Lyons quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Lyons quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

In the county-history sources

578 words on this township

Early History of Greene County, Indiana ..., published 1875 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Washington Township - 578 words.

Fires near this place

20 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Stalcup Corner in 2008, burning about 14 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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	9
Recreation and ceremony	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Natural	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
25 September 2008	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
21 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
1 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
3 August 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
12 August 2008	Natural	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
13 July 2008	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
9 November 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
23 November 2008	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Stalcup Corner: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Water, Free, Coal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Comet Pit	Clay, Coal	Past Producer
Greene Co. Hwy. Dept.- Own Crews	Stone	Producer
Upper Block Coal Underclay	Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Water, Free	Past Producer
Bloomfield Sand & Gravel Corp.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Greene County Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Upper Block Coal Underclay	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Greene 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Plummer	2.5 miles	14
Elliston	3.3 miles	15
Switz City	3.4 miles	17
Lyons	3.5 miles	14
Bloomfield	4.7 miles	15
Newberry	4.8 miles	14
Bushrod	5.2 miles	14
Hashtown	5.3 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 452084. 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.