BlockVan Loon, Indiana
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Calumet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46406. The Survey maps it on the Highland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1900 USGS Toleston quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1900 USGS Tolleston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Highland quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Highland quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Highland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Highland quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Highland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Van Loon between 1995 and 2020, burning about 197 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | NORTH CLARK ROAD |
| 25 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | CHEMCOATERS |
| 22 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | HOOSIER |
| 8 November 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | HOOPS |
| 7 November 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | RIDGE FIRE |
| 18 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | CLINE AVE |
| 12 October 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | CLARK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Van Loon: 4 plants, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffington Cement Plant | Stone | Producer | ||
| Dean H. Mitchell Generating Station | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Samoki Brothers Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Buffington Lime Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Indiana Harbor Limekiln | Limestone, General | Plant | ||
| Gary #1 Plant | Clay | Plant | ||
| Gary #8 Plant | Clay | Plant | ||
| Yard M Clay Pit | Clay | 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.
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 Q122551138 | 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 445212. 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.