BlockChalmers, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47929. The Survey maps it on the Monticello South quadrangle. 523 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 712 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresChalmers grew from 508 to 523 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 | 508 | |
| 2020 | 523 | +15 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Monticello South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
10 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chalmers in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Chalmers | $200,000 | A survey of damage in eastern White county revealed indications of a weak circulation touching down just south of County Road East 450 South, on County Road South 300 East. The circulation passed over a farm where tree damage occurred as it moved east. Skylights from a shed were blown towards the east with one being found behind a house. Damage was done to roofing of a new pole barn and several items were thrown into a field towards a grove of trees. The tornado began to intensify somewhat but remained over open fields until reaching the Stone Drive area on the west side of Lake Freeman where numerous trees (DI: TS, DOD: 3) were uprooted with some structure damage. The tornado then exited White County over Lake Freeman into Carroll County (see Storm Data for Indiana, Central). Maximum winds are estimated to range between 80 and 85 mph. Damage is estimated at $200,000 from a combination of cleanup of trees and structure damage. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalmers | $10,000 | Power poles down on 150 E near Chalmers. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalmers | $500 | Trained spotter reported trees down and a TV and Radio tower down in Chalmers. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalmers | - | Emergency management officials reported widespread wind damage across the southern part of the county, mainly from Brookston to Chalmers to the Cass county line. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Chalmers | - | Reported by NWS Cooperative Observer. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Chalmers | - | Emergency management reported 1 to 2 feet of water over roads from Chalmers to Brookston due to flash flooding. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalmers | - | Large limbs down. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Chalmers | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Chalmers | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Chalmers | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithson | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Brookston | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Reynolds | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Cedar Point | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Golden Hill | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Springboro | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Badger Grove | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Monticello | 7.9 miles | 9 |
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 Chalmers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1814364 | 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 432383. 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.
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.