Switzer Crossroads, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Ohio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47118. The Survey maps it on the English quadrangle. It stands 735 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 English quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS English quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS English quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Switzer Crossroads between 1992 and 2015, burning about 270 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 157 acres | Hoosier National Forest | ABC MISCELLANEOUS |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | REST AREA -WOODS |
| 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 |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | SNAG FIRE |
| 15 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | RIDDLE |
| 9 April 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SENNS RD. |
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 Switzer Crossroads: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Sandy Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riddle | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Magnolia | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Curby | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Grantsburg | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Carefree | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Pilot Knob | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Sulphur | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Beechwood | 4.3 miles | 17 |
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 Q7659139 | 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 452495. 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.







