Wynnsboro, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1994. It lies in ZIP code area 47145. It lies near Buzzard Roost Hill. The Survey maps it on the Milltown quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wynnsboro within Harrison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1948 USGS Milltown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Milltown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Wynnsboro (historical) between 2001 and 2017, burning about 80 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
Smoking	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
10 April 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	76 acres	Hoosier National Forest	JENNY HOLLOW
28 March 2001	Smoking	4.0 acres	Hoosier National Forest	WYANDOTTE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Wynnsboro (historical): 2 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Fluorite Occurrence #2	Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence
Fluorite Occurrence #2	Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence
Louisville Cement Co Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Milltown Rock Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Tower Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Harrison 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
Little Saint Louis	1.5 miles	14
Moberly	2.8 miles	14
Frenchtown	2.9 miles	14
Depauw	3.9 miles	14
White Cloud	4.4 miles	22
Fairdale	5.3 miles	14
Ramsey	6.0 miles	14
Hancock Chapel	7.7 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 452120. 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.