Thornton, Indiana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Marshall Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47421. It stands on Pleasant Run. The Survey maps it on the Oolitic quadrangle.

Thornton within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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.

1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:48000
1942 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Thornton between 2002 and 2018, burning about 16 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	4
Other causes	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
3 May 2014	Natural	1.2 acres	Hoosier National Forest	RAMSEY RIDGE
21 April 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hoosier National Forest	THE WOODS
11 April 2018	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Hoosier National Forest	VALLEY MISSION
31 March 2014	Other causes	3.5 acres	Hoosier National Forest	KENTUCKY HOLLOW
17 March 2005	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Hoosier National Forest	MAPLE RIDGE FIRE
18 February 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Hoosier National Forest	BRIARWOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Thornton: 9 producers, 8 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Fluorine-Fluorite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Lawrence Co. Hwy. Dept.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence	Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence	Fluorite
Baalbeck Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Bedford Ground Limestone Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Bedford Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Number 3 Needmore Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Dark Hollow Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Dickenson Plant	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Diehl Hollow Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Elliott Stone Company, Inc.	Limestone, Dimension	Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Peerless	0.5 miles	22
Murdock	0.6 miles	22
East Oolitic	1.3 miles	22
Oolitic	1.7 miles	22
Needmore	1.7 miles	22
Logan	1.8 miles	22
Patton Hill	2.2 miles	22
Avoca	2.5 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451657. 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.