Cape Sandy, Indiana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Ohio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47137. The Survey maps it on the Leavenworth quadrangle. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1946 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Alton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Cape Sandy between 1999 and 2015, burning about 41 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | HIGH WALL |
| 11 June 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BIRDS CEMETERY |
| 1 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BEECHWOOD |
| 18 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 March 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2004 | Debris and open burning | 6.6 acres | Hoosier National Forest | COMMANDO FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cape Sandy: 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fluorite Occurrences | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Cape Sandy Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cape Sandy Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Riverside Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cape Sandy in 1 storm report in 2023: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cape Sandy | - | A large tree was uprooted and fell on a power line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artist Point | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Schooner Point Landing | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Fredonia | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Alton | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Leavenworth | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Deuchars | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Jericho | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Beechwood | 4.8 miles | 17 |
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 Cape Sandy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5035035 | 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 432118. 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.










