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One of 19 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 1997 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Picnic Area- Jackson State Forest
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 structuress, 1 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Picnic Area-- Jackson State Forest - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Approximately 1 mi. N of IN 250, Jackson--Washington State Forest, Brownstown, 47220
- When was it listed? January 1997
- Category. site
- Also known as. New Deal Resources on Indiana State Lands MPS
- Township. Brownstown township
- National Register reference number. 96001554 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Picnic Area- Jackson State Forest in 2005, burning about 50 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 November 2005 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Hoosier National Forest | OLIN |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Picnic Area- Jackson State Forest: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| County Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spray Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
21 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brownstown, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1999 and 2018: 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownstown | $15,000 | Damaging thunderstorm winds ripped gutters from a house and tore off a portion of a roof. Trees were also uprooted and some powerlines were knocked down due to the winds. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownstown | $6,000 | A few trees and power lines were downed by the fairgrounds due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. This report was relayed by WDRB 41 in Louisville. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Brownstown | - | Lowland flooding occurred along the East Fork White River in/near Rockford, Indiana. The river crested 2.2 feet above flood stage on April 8th at a reading of 14.2 feet. Flooding of this magnitude typically affects pasture lands, agricultural lands, several County and State Roads, and the water isolates a few river cabins. Significant agricultural lands begin to flood at 12 feet. Damage costs are grossly estimated. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Brownstown | - | Flooding occurred in the vicinity of County Road 300 North and County Road 150 West near Brownstown, Indiana. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownstown | - | Trees and tree limbs were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| February 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownstown | - | Five trees were downed. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownstown | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownstown | - | Several trees were downed in town. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownstown | - | Trees were uprooted. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownstown | - | Several trees were downed in Salt Creek Township in the Hoosier National Forest. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Brownstown | - | Street flooding was reported in Brownstown. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Brownstown | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Brownstown | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownstown | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownstown | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownstown | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Brownstown | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownstown | - | no account filed |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownstown | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownstown | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownstown | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
5 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jackson County Courthouse | 2.4 miles | 2011 |
| Brownstown Courthouse Square Historic District | 2.4 miles | 2021 | |
 | Shields' Mill Covered Bridge | 3.4 miles | 2016 |
| Joseph Jackson Hotel | 5.5 miles | 2005 | |
 | Beatty-Trimpe Farm | 7.8 miles | 2003 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96001554 in Record Group 79. |
| Jackson County | All 19 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.