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Chambersburg, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Paoli Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47454. The Survey maps it on the Paoli quadrangle. It stands 659 feet above sea level.

Chambersburg within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

Fires near this place

17 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Chambersburg between 1993 and 2018, burning about 108 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
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHoosier National ForestLITTLE AFRICA
16 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestSPRINGS FIRE
11 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National Forestnot named
30 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoosier National ForestBEECHGROVE
11 May 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoosier National ForestPINE VALLEY
12 April 2018Debris and open burning77 acresHoosier National ForestPIPELINE
21 March 2014Debris and open burning11 acresHoosier National ForestSTAMPER
17 March 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestVAHALLA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Chambersburg: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Calcar QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

10 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chambersburg in 10 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2004Thunderstorm WindChambersburg$250,000An antique shop was destroyed by thunderstorm winds. Some trees were thrown on to homes. Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindChambersburg$75,000A NWS Storm Survey in conjunction with Orange County Emergency Management concluded that straight line winds impacted a nearly 2 mile stretch along US Highway 150 southeast of Paoli. The hardest hit areas was southeast of Paoli where damage occurred to roofs and numerous softwood trees were uprooted. A truck was completely smashed by a downed tree, along with roof and foundation damage to a house from a fallen tree. Max winds were estimated between 75 and 80 mph along the sporadic half mile wide path.
February 2016Flash FloodChambersburg-A law enforcement official reported that portions of Highway 150 east was flooded due to intense heavy rain.
September 2014FloodChambersburg-Flood waters briefly covered U.S. Highway 150 about 3 miles east of Paoli.
May 2014Flash FloodChambersburg-Water overflowed U.S. Highway 150 at two places. The highway was briefly closed.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindChambersburg-An NWS storm survey confirmed straight line winds uprooted trees and blew half a metal roof off a house. Winds were estimated to be 90 mph.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindChambersburg-Tree damage was reported in Chambersburg.
September 2006Flash FloodChambersburg-Water covered U.S. Highway 150.
March 2024HailChambersburg-no account filed
May 2003HailChambersburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Trotter Crossing1.5 miles11
Stampers Creek2.8 miles14
Mahan Crossing3.1 miles11
Millersburg4.0 miles11
Pine Valley4.2 miles15
Rego4.6 miles15
Syria4.7 miles14
Paoli4.8 miles14

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 ChambersburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5069672The 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 450763. 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.