BlockSulphur Springs, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47174. The Survey maps it on the Beechwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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 Alton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Beechwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Beechwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Beechwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs between 1992 and 2016, burning about 139 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | REST AREA - NORTH |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | REST AREA -WOODS |
| 11 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | HEMLOCK #2 |
| 11 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | HEMLOCK #1 |
| 29 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | LYNCH |
| 29 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BARN |
| 24 August 1999 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | UNION |
| 2 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | HAY BALE |
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.
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 Sulphur Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18386204 | 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 451528. 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.