Carbon, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47837. It stands on Orchard Run. The Survey maps it on the Brazil East quadrangle. 263 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 689 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCarbon fell from 397 to 263 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 397 | |
| 2020 | 263 | -134 (-34%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1950 USGS Brazil East quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Brazil East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Carbon: 6 producers, 4 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal, Clay, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C & F Shale Pit 1 | Clay, Stone | Producer | ||
| Cardonia Pit | Clay, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Indiana Clay Sales Pit | Coal, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| S. L. Turner Coal & Clay Pit | Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Arketex Ceramic Plants #'s 3 & 4 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Irwin Clay Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Logan Clay and Shale Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| C & F Shale Pit 2 | Clay | Producer | ||
| E and E Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| S.L. Turner Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carbon in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Carbon | $5,000 | Roadways were covered and previous flooding conditions were exacerbated due to heavy rainfall that caused renewed flash flooding. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Carbon | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carbon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontiac | 0.5 miles | 14 | |
| Wickville | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Mechanicsburg | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Perth | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cardonia | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Benwood | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Calcutta | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Shady Lane | 3.7 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.
| Wikipedia article on Carbon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3289010 | 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 432123. 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.






