Cincinnati, Indiana
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47424. The Survey maps it on the Stanford quadrangle. It stands 827 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1908 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:48000
- 1910 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Stanford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
1,991 words on this townshipEarly History of Greene County, Indiana : As Taken from the Official Records, and Compiled from Authentic Recollection, by Pioneer Settlers ... Including Brief Sketches of Pioneer Families ..., published 1875 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Center Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Center Township - 1,991 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cincinnati between 1993 and 2008, burning about 27 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 April 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Hoosier National Forest | not named |
| 29 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | COUNTY FARM |
| 28 January 1993 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Cincinnati: 11 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deposit No. 3 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Deposit No. 3 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cincinnati in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cincinnati | $40,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts damaged a couple of homes, a school, and downed several trees and power lines from Ridgeport to Cincinnati in eastern Greene County. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cincinnati | $10,000 | A garage was moved off its foundation due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cincinnati | $2,000 | Multiple tree limbs and branches downed by thunderstorm wind gusts along State Road 54 near Eastern Greene Middle School. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cincinnati | $1,000 | A tree was downed on Route 43, two miles northwest of Cincinnati, Indiana due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cincinnati | - | Trees were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobbieville | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Tanner | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Ridgeport | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Solsberry | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Koleen | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Park | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Owensburg | 6.7 miles | 21 | |
| Hendricksville | 8.1 miles | 24 |
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 Cincinnati | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5120203 | 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 432522. 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.








