BlockTunnel Hill, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sterling Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47118. The Survey maps it on the Taswell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Taswell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Taswell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Taswell quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Tunnel Hill between 1996 and 2019, burning about 113 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | HEMLOCK |
| 20 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | LIVE FIRE |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | SNAG FIRE |
| 13 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | RIDDLE |
| 9 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | HEMLOCK CLIFFS |
| 4 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | HAMMOND |
| 29 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | ARNOLD BROWN |
| 22 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | HATFIELD |
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 Tunnel Hill: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford County Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Temple 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Brownstown | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Taswell | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Mifflin | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Grantsburg | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Temple | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Eckerty | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Switzer Crossroads | 6.8 miles | 14 |
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 Q33152420 | 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 451583. 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.