BlockStaples Ford, Indiana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47227. It stands on Sixmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chestnut Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Chestnut Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Staples Ford between 1999 and 2019, burning about 40 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge | VAN FIRE |
| 17 May 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge | ENDICOTT |
| 1 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge | ABC |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Corners | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Hayden | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hilltown | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Commiskey | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Lovett | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Paris Crossing | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Paris | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Country Squire Lakes | 10.5 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122548448 | 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 446732. 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.