BlockClare, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in White River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46060. It stands on Sugar Run. The Survey maps it on the Riverwood quadrangle. It stands 791 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 15 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.
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Riverwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Riverwood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on White River township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Historic Incidents
This settlement is notable for several incidents of an interesting historical character, the first of which occurred in March, 1821, this being the fight be¬ tween John Shintaffer and the Indians, a battle in which one Indian lost his life and a second was severely wounded. The second incident was a sequel of the first, being the killing of Benjamin Fisher by the Indians at Shintaffer' s cabin where the white men and Indians fought the only battle of the kind on
In the county-history sources
10,846 words on this townshipHistory of Hamilton County, Indiana : with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to Which Are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships, published 1880; History of Hamilton County Indiana, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on White River Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on White River Township - 10,846 words.
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 Clare: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clare in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Clare | $200,000 | Widespread flash flooding occurred across Hamilton County. An apartment complex in Westfield experienced significant flooding with several cars flooded out in the parking lot. Emergency management reported numerous water rescues were needed and the county dispatch experienced very high contact load. A large number of roads were closed during the time frame of the flooding event due to a combination of standing and flowing water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawtown | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Riverwood | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Cicero | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Meadows Knoll | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Walnut Grove | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Meadows Glen | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Durbin | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Arcadia | 5.3 miles | 11 |
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 Clare | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5126100 | 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 447639. 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.
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.