Bloomer, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Stony Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46011. The Survey maps it on the Lapel quadrangle. It stands 869 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Lapel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Lapel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Bloomer in 2004, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bloomer: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Sulfur, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Pit-Abc Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sphalerite Occurrence Z73 | Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sphalerite | |
| Sphalerite Occurrence Z80 | Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sphalerite | |
| Lapel Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lapel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pendleton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloomer in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomer | $25,000 | A barn and two houses sustained roof damage near the intersection of County Roads 600 West and 100 South due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Also, three trees were downed...including one on a car. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood Village | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| South Edgewood | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Edgewood | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Elmhurst | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| River Forest | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Hamilton | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Brentwood | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Western Village | 3.2 miles | 14 |
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 Q4928195 | 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 431197. 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.




