China, Indiana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Shelby Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47250. It stands on Razor Fork. The Survey maps it on the Canaan quadrangle. It stands 571 feet above sea level.

China within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

1956 USGS Canaan quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Canaan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

6 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of China between 2004 and 2018, burning about 36 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
Recreation and ceremony	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Debris and open burning	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
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
16 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge	CEMETERY ROAD FIRE
8 August 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	30 acres	Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge	BACON RIDGE
24 March 2004	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
20 March 2004	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
27 February 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
31 October 2004	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 China: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
	Indian Kentuck Creek Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names China in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 1 tornado, 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
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	China	-	Trees were reported down on State Road 62 near China Manville Road.
April 2011	Tornado (EF1)	China	-	The tornado touched down near the intersection of Indiana Highway 62 and E400N, severely damaging several outbuildings. A 2x4 from one of the outbuildings was driven through the exterior wall and into the kitchen of a home 1/10 mile away. The skipping storm then raced northeast across hilly rural terrain. Dozens of large hardwood trees were snapped or uprooted at a Girl Scout Campground on Geyman Hill Road. After exiting the campground, the tornado then destroyed a large barn and damaged the roofs of nearby homes and other outbuildings, as well as uprooting more trees. It lifted shortly after crossing China-Manville Road.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Belleview	3.0 miles	10
Canaan	3.6 miles	9
Central	3.6 miles	9
Ringwald	3.7 miles	10
Manville	3.8 miles	9
Bryantsburg	4.6 miles	8
North Madison	5.1 miles	10
Wirt Station	5.5 miles	10

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 China	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5099535	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 432479. 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.