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Tanner, Indiana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47424. It stands on Bridge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Solsberry quadrangle.

Tanner within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

In the county-history sources

1,991 words on this township

Early History of Greene County, Indiana : As Taken from the Official Records, and Compiled from Authentic Recollection, by Pioneer Settlers ... Including Brief Sketches of Pioneer Families ..., published 1875 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Center Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Center Township - 1,991 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Tanner in 2004, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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 burning1

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
2 April 2004Debris and open burning5.0 acresHoosier National ForestCOUNTY FARM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Tanner: 15 occurrences, 11 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Deposit No. 3IronOccurrence
Deposit No. 3IronOccurrence
Deposit No. 4IronOccurrence
Deposit No. 4IronOccurrence
Deposit No. 6IronOccurrence
Deposit No. 6IronProspect
Deposit No. 7IronOccurrence
Deposit No. 7IronProspect
Deposit No. 8IronOccurrence
Deposit No. 8IronProspect

Every working recorded in Greene 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
Ridgeport2.0 miles15
Park3.0 miles15
Cincinnati3.4 miles22
Koleen3.7 miles12
Hobbieville4.8 miles21
Mineral City4.9 miles14
Solsberry4.9 miles15
Furnace6.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 446731. 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.