BlockVistula, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in York Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46507. The Survey maps it on the Middlebury quadrangle. It stands 791 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Middlebury quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Vistula between 2003 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 0000120 - 2018 |
| 12 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 0097 - 2019 |
| 26 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ST JOSEPH 01 MICHIANA MULCH |
| 20 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 085 - 2020 |
| 20 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 086 - 2020 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 46 - 2019 |
| 7 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITE PIGEON TWP FD 0000058 - 2018 |
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 Vistula: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-Bob Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Poyser Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonneyville Mills | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Grange | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bristol | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Middlebury | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Nibbyville | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Garden Village | 10.6 miles | 13 | |
| East Lake Estates | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Greenleaf Manor | 11.6 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Vistula | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7936498 | 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 445313. 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.