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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.

Switzer Crossroads within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

25 since 1992

Regional 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism157 acresHoosier National ForestABC MISCELLANEOUS
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresHoosier National ForestREST AREA -WOODS
29 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoosier National ForestLYNCH
29 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHoosier National ForestBARN
24 August 1999Smoking1.5 acresHoosier National ForestUNION
8 July 2012Naturalunder an acreHoosier National ForestSNAG FIRE
15 July 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresHoosier National ForestRIDDLE
9 April 2001Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresHoosier National ForestSENNS RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cape Sandy Quarry #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tower QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Crawford 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Riddle1.5 miles14
Magnolia1.8 miles17
Curby2.5 miles14
Grantsburg3.1 miles14
Carefree3.7 miles14
Pilot Knob3.7 miles14
Sulphur4.0 miles17
Beechwood4.3 miles17

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 Q7659139The 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.