Syria, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Paoli Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47454. It stands on Stampers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paoli quadrangle.

Syria within Orange 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.

1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Paoli quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1970 USGS Paoli quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Paoli quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Syria between 2001 and 2018, burning about 81 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning	3
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
17 July 2013	Natural	under an acre	Hoosier National Forest	TOWER HILL
9 April 2001	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Hoosier National Forest	MULZER
12 April 2018	Debris and open burning	77 acres	Hoosier National Forest	PIPELINE
28 February 2004	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Hoosier National Forest	BROMMER
27 February 2006	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Hoosier National Forest	COUNTY ROAD 350
12 November 2005	Smoking	1.0 acres	Hoosier National Forest	MILLERSBURG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Syria: 1 producer. 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
	Calcar Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Pumpkin Center	2.0 miles	11
Stampers Creek	2.1 miles	14
Mahan Crossing	2.8 miles	11
Lost River	3.0 miles	14
Woodlawn Grove	3.0 miles	14
Bromer	3.5 miles	11
Millersburg	4.0 miles	11
Paoli	4.1 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451535. 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.