BlockArcana, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46953. The Survey maps it on the Van Buren quadrangle. It stands 879 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
5,108 words on this townshipHistory of Grant County, Indiana, published 1886 names this settlement in its chapter on Monroe Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
1884, when he located upon his present home farm in Section 10, Monroe Township, which he purchased in 1881. He owns at present 500 acres of fine and well improved land, and resides in an elegant and commodious brick house he erected in 1883, at the cost of about $6,000. He is the father of these six children, viz.: William T. ยง., George A. (deceased), Rosa A., John L., Errett (deceased) and Erwin E. Mr. Strange and wife are members of the Disciple Church, and are highly esteemed by all who know them. He was appointed postmaster at Arcana, Grant County, in 1879, and is its present incumbent. He was the first secretary of the Monroe Grange, and was master and secretary of the county Pomona Grange, and represented the same in the State Grange in its most brilliant day. His residence is located eight miles east of Marion on terminus of Marion and Monroe gravel road, five miles north of Upland Railroad Station and five miles south of Van Buren Railroad Station. He is an extensive dealer in thoroughbred shorthorn cattle, and he is one of the most enterprising and progressive farmers of Grant County.
Passage source: History of Grant County, Indiana, published 1886.
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 Monroe Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Arcana between 2001 and 2007, burning about 30 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 | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 13 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 11 April 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 March 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Arcana: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garthwaite Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arcana in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcana | $150,000 | Several roofs reported blown off. Many trees down. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcana | $6,000 | Law enforcement reports multiple trees and powerlines down. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcana | $5,000 | Report of damage east of Eastbrook. Damage to a shed and fence at one home and a window blown out at another. A barn in the area also has damage. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Arcana | $500 | Trained spotter indicated 1.25 inch hail was falling in Arcana. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arcana | - | Roof blown of a barn. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Arcana | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Arcana | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly Corner | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Jadden | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Doyle Ferguson | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Dooville | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Farrville | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lake Wood | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Upland | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Van Buren | 5.4 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q4785206 | 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 430235. 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.
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.