BlockChili, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46926. It stands on Flowers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Peru quadrangle. It stands 705 feet above sea level.
On record in Chili
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Eikenberry Bridgelisted 2006
Paw Paw Creek Bridge No. 52
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1951 USGS Peru quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Peru quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Chili in 2003, burning about 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Chili: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kratzer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chili in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chili | $10,000 | Emergency management officials reported a large tree fell onto a car. The car was unoccupied at the time. Damage to the car is estimated at $10,000. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chili | $3,000 | Law enforcement reported a roof blown off a home just north of Chili. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chili | - | Emergency management officials reported a tree was blown down. |
| July 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Chili | - | A NWS survey of damage indicated a tornado touched down northeast of Denver, near the intersection of N Warsaw Trail and E County Road 800 N. The tornado remained over open fields for part of its time, doing crop damage along its path. Some trees were either snapped or uprooted. A poorly anchored, older barn was destroyed near the intersection of N County Road 600 East and E County Road 900 N. The tornado lifted shortly after crossing 900 N. Maximum winds were estimated at around 90 mph. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chili | - | A trained spotter reported a large walnut tree was uprooted along east 600 North, east of Paw Paw Pike. A house suffered roof loss in the area, with a hog barn being partially destroyed. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chili | - | Emergency management officials reported a tree was blown down onto power lines in the area. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Chili | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Chili | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courter | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Denver | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pettysville | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Doyle | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Erie | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Deedsville | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Mexico | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Oakdale | 6.5 miles | 13 |
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 Chili | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5098925 | 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 432475. 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.