BlockAcme, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Hamilton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47274. The Survey maps it on the Brownstown quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Brownstown quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Acme between 1992 and 2011, burning about 64 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | CONSERVATION CLUB |
| 14 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | PRITCHETT |
| 31 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 27 acres | Hoosier National Forest | LITTLE PONDEROSA |
| 27 March 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Hoosier National Forest | CALLAHAM FIRE |
| 24 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | CONSERVATION FIRE |
| 24 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | FREETOWN |
| 22 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SPRAYTOWN FIRE |
| 1 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Acme in 5 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | $160,000 | In the Cortland and Acme areas, damage was reported to more than a dozen homes, barns, and outbuildings due to damaging thunderstorm winds. A semitrailer that was used to haul hay was also knocked over. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Acme | $10,000 | Previous heavy rainfall caused flooding of to occur east of New Farmington near County Road 1040 East. Vehicles were in the flood waters. |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acme | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Acme | $500 | Flash flooding occurred across many of the County Roads in the northeastern portion of the county due to prolonged moderate to heavy rainfall. In some places, water was reported to be nearly a foot deep and fast moving. The location of this event is estimated. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Acme | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surprise | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Spraytown | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Freetown | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Cortland | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Shields | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| New Elizabethtown | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Ewing | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bald Knobs | 6.6 miles | 21 |
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 Acme | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4674380 | 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 429998. 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.
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.