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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.

Cincinnati within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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.

In the county-history sources

1,991 words on this township

Early 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 1993

Regional 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/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
4 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 April 1993Arson/incendiarism20 acresHoosier National Forestnot named
29 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 April 2004Debris and open burning5.0 acresHoosier National ForestCOUNTY FARM
28 January 1993Smoking1.0 acresHoosier National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Deposit No. 3IronOccurrence
Deposit No. 3IronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

5 since 2005

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCincinnati$40,000Severe 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 2011Thunderstorm WindCincinnati$10,000A garage was moved off its foundation due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindCincinnati$2,000Multiple tree limbs and branches downed by thunderstorm wind gusts along State Road 54 near Eastern Greene Middle School.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindCincinnati$1,000A tree was downed on Route 43, two miles northwest of Cincinnati, Indiana due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCincinnati-Trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Hobbieville1.9 miles21
Tanner3.4 miles15
Ridgeport4.3 miles15
Solsberry4.6 miles15
Koleen6.3 miles12
Park6.4 miles15
Owensburg6.7 miles21
Hendricksville8.1 miles24

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 CincinnatiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5120203The 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.