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Indian Hills, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Elizabethtown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42701. It stands on Buffalo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elizabethtown quadrangle.

Indian Hills within Hardin County

On record in Indian Hills

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 7 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

22 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Indian Hills between 1999 and 2017, burning about 142 acres in total. None 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
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySOUTH DIXIE
6 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMOBLEY
30 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 April 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 April 2014Debris and open burning95 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWEST RHUDES CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin 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 Indian Hills: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cen-Ken Stone Plant No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sandstone RoadcutSilicaProspect

Every working recorded in Hardin 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Elizabethtown1.2 miles18
Tunnel Hills1.8 miles18
Crest2.8 miles13
Gaithers4.5 miles17
Saint John6.4 miles17
Colesburg6.5 miles13
Cecilia6.6 miles17
Long View6.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 494965. 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.