Bippus, Indiana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46750. The Survey maps it on the Bippus quadrangle. It stands 850 feet above sea level.

Bippus within Huntington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Bippus quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Bippus quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Bippus between 2001 and 2003, burning about 2 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
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
27 March 2003	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
15 March 2001	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Huntington 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 Bippus: 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
	H & W Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Strouder Brothers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Huntington County

Storms near this place

15 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bippus in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
May 2011	Flood	Bippus	$250,000	Three to over four inches of rain fell over a period of a few hours, resulting in road closures and water into many businesses in and around the Bippus area. The rain subsided into the early morning hours of the 15th. However, flooding problems persisted well into the daylight hours. A portion of State Route 16 was washed out during the overnight hours near State Route 105, two miles south of Bippus, as flood waters continued to flow and recede. A NWS Cooperative Observer reported 4.5 inches of rain just south of Huntington.
March 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Bippus	$5,000	Trained spotters reported 2 utility poles being snapped on State Route 105, just north of Bippus.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Bippus	-	The public reported multiple trees were snapped or uprooted. The siding of a home was damaged due to tree debris. In addition, nearby barns suffered roof damage.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Bippus	-	Emergency management officials reported a large tree limb was blown down, blocking part of County Road 750 West, north of US-24.
May 2011	Flash Flood	Bippus	-	Numerous thunderstorms trained over northern Huntington County. Initial radar and and eventual spotter reports confirmed three to more than four inches of rain falling. Numerous roads were covered with flowing water. Water was observed into building in Bippus, causing damage. The thunderstorms moved away from the area during the early morning hours of the 15th, with flooding problems persisting.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Bippus	-	Emergency management officials reported a ten inch diameter tree was blown down by the winds, with signs of some weakening prior to the storm from animals.
October 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Bippus	-	Emergency management officials reported severe damage to a home on Bracken Road. Numerous trees and power lines were down in the area.
October 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Bippus	-	A trained spotter was pushed roughly a quarter mile down the road. A large tree fell onto a house causing significant damage.
March 2009	Hail	Bippus	-	A local newspaper reported that quarter size hail was observed in Bippus.
June 2009	Hail	Bippus	-	Law enforcment officials reported quarter size hail in Bippus.
June 2009	Hail	Bippus	-	Emergency management officials reported nickel size hail.
July 2017	Hail	Bippus	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Bippus	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Bippus	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Bippus	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Huntington 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Makin	2.5 miles	10
Bracken	2.9 miles	10
Andrews	5.8 miles	13
Goblesville	6.8 miles	10
Huntington	7.9 miles	12
Harlansburg	9.5 miles	13
Bowerstown	10.3 miles	12
Mardenis	11.5 miles	12

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 Bippus	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4915499	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 431097. 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.