Wayport, Indiana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47408. It lies near Fox Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Modesto quadrangle.

Wayport within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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.

1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Modesto quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Modesto quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1998 USGS Modesto quadrangle1:24000

In the county-history sources

2,772 words on this township

1884 History of Monroe County Indiana, published 1884 names this settlement in its chapter on Washington Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The variety and quality of timber in Washington Township will compare favorably with other portions of the county. Among the more noticeable varieties are white and black walnut, red, black, white and chestnut oaks, sugar tree, white and yellow poplar, chestnut, cherry, hickory, elm, beech, sassafras, sycamore, dogwood, gum tree, etc. The surface rocks of the township belong to the knob-stone and Keokuk groups. There are traces in the township of the action of glaciers, but only traces. A section of the geological deposits about half a mile northwest of Wayport is as follows:

Passage source: 1884 History of Monroe County Indiana, published 1884.

Two villages have been founded in Washington Township: The first, Wayport, was laid out on Sections 28 and 83, in April, 1851, by Isaac Gillaspy, Thomas Gillaspy and G. W. Smith, proprietors, and James Washburn, surveyor. Sixteen lots were laid out. One store, a blacksmith shop, a post office, etc., sum up the history of the town. Hindostan was laid out in June, 1853, on the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 14, by Charles G. Corr, proprietor, and James Woodburn, surveyor. Twelve lots were laid out on the Martinsville & Bloomington State Road, and just north of the Columbus & Gosport State Road. One store, a few shops and offices also sums up the importance of this little hamlet.

Passage source: 1884 History of Monroe County Indiana, published 1884.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Washington Township.

Fires near this place

19 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Wayport between 2003 and 2008, burning about 7 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
Recreation and ceremony	9
Debris and open burning	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4

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
30 July 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
3 July 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
5 May 2008	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
9 April 2008	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
6 April 2005	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
18 April 2004	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
27 March 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
18 March 2005	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wayport: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension. 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
	Arlington Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
	Bennett Mill	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe 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
Modesto	1.5 miles	17
Dolan	2.1 miles	21
Hindustan	3.5 miles	21
Marlin Hills	3.7 miles	25
Lancaster Park	4.4 miles	25
New Unionville	4.9 miles	21
Cascade	5.3 miles	25
Forest Park Heights	5.3 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 452127. 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.