Bass Lake, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in California Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46534. It sits by Cedar Point. The Survey maps it on the Bass Lake quadrangle. 1,384 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 715 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresBass Lake grew from 1,249 to 1,384 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,249 | |
| 2010 | 1,195 | -54 (-4%) |
| 2020 | 1,384 | +189 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Bass Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Knox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bass Lake: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Starke County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bass Lake in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Lake | - | Several trees and power lines down. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Lake | - | The public reported a shed was blown down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Lake | - | Law enforcement officials reported trees and power lines down in the Bass Lake area. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Lake | - | Law enforcement officials reported multiple trees and power lines down around Bass Lake. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Lake | - | Law enforcement officials reported numerous trees down around Bass Lake. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Bass Lake | - | Ham radio operator reported golfball size hail near Bass Lake. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Lake | - | Ham radio operator reported trees down near Bass Lake. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Lake | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Lake | - | Power lines downed. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Lake | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bass Lake | - | NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN |
| July 2005 | Hail | Bass Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Bass Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Bass Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Bass Lake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bass Station | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Winona | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Ora | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Aldine | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Ober | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hartz Lake | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Lena Park | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Knox | 6.2 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.
| Wikipedia article on Bass Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q810454 | 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 430563. 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.
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.



