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Clarksville, Indiana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wayne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46060. The Survey maps it on the Riverwood quadrangle. It stands 837 feet above sea level.

Clarksville within Hamilton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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

8,256 words on this township

History 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 names this settlement in its chapter on Wayne Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Philip P. Whitesell was born in Cincinnati on the 4th day of December, . 182H. His boyhood was passed in the schools until 18.'!1, when, iu consof|Ucnec of the cholera, the family moved to Prankliu County, Ind., where they remained until he wils fourteen years of age, when they removed to Marion County, and .settled near Indianapolis on n farm. The yonng boy remained at home assisting on the farm until he was seventeen yearsof age, when he entered a school at Madison, where he remained three years. He then commenced the study of medicine with Dr. II. B. \. Johnson, of Marion County, where ho remained three years. He then studied with Drs. Dullard & Mcara, of Indianapolis, and then for a few months wna engaged on the Indianapolis k Peru Kailroad.

Passage source: History 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.

He next attended a course of medical lectures at the Central Medical College nt Indianapolis, and then, in the spring of IS.'ifl, he .settled at Clarksville, Hamilton County, and conimenccd the practice of his profession, and where he has ever since resided, except an interval of two years in Noblesville and while in service in the army.

Passage source: History 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.

In December, 18.-):i, ho was united in marriage to Miss May K. Heiny, daughter of Henry and Eliziilieth Heiny. of Clarksville. The Doctor continued in the pr.acticc of medicine until 1861, when the long-impending crisis between the North and South broke out into actual rebellion against the Government and Union. The Doctor, who was an active and zealous supporter of the Ilepubliean parly, laid aside his profession and busincas and beeaine actively engaged in cnli.sting men and means for the defense of Iho Government. Ho enlisted Company E, of the Thirty-ninth Indiana Infantry, which he uniformed and clothed at his own expense, and then with it went into the field as Captain. Ho

Passage source: History 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.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Wayne Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.

Fires near this place

1 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Clarksville in 2004, burning under an 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/undetermined1

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
8 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Clarksville: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Sulfur. 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
Sphalerite Occurrence Z80Zinc, SulfurOccurrenceSphalerite
Lapel Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lapel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stony Creek Stone Company OpsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this place

17 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarksville in 17 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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
May 2008LightningClarksville$300,000Lightning struck a home and caused a fire to begin on the rear corner of the home. The winds caught the home next door on fire. A third house had minor damage from the fire.
June 2010LightningClarksville$20,000Lightning struck a house just north of 136th Street on Marilyn Road. It scorched several places along the roof line, blew off siding and a gutter downspout while melting the aluminum, and came through a bedroom wall via a nail and blasted into an electrical wire which fried the outlet beneath it. A small fire was associated with this event.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindClarksville$18,000Thunderstorm winds blew many shingles off of roofs while bits of siding were ripped from houses. Also minor tree damage with about 0.5 inch branches snapped off.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindClarksville$10,000Concrete siding ripped from a couple of houses due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2015Flash FloodClarksville$6,000The westbound lane of Highway 38 was underwater about half a mile west of Highway 13. Several inches of flowing water is also going over some driveways. Heavy thunderstorm rainfall was the cause of the flooding.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindClarksville$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees between Fishers and Fortville amid small hail.
June 2008Flash FloodClarksville$5,000Water was covering the roadway at the intersection of 156th Street and Baptist Church Road due to heavy rainfall.
June 2015FloodClarksville$3,000Six inches of standing water was over the road in Sagamore Golf Club in Noblesville due to heavy rainfall.
June 2008Flash FloodClarksville$1,000One hundred sixty-sixth Street was closed between Boden and Olio Roads due to flood waters.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindClarksville-Near the Ruoff Music Center. Reported on Twitter.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindClarksville-Trained spotter measured a 69 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
May 2015HailClarksville-Dime size hail reports were received via videos and pictures on Twitter from 7:39 PM to 7:44 PM. This occurred near Olio Road and 131st Street.
March 2024HailClarksville-no account filed
March 2017HailClarksville-no account filed
March 2017HailClarksville-no account filed
April 2013HailClarksville-no account filed
March 2012HailClarksville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
Durbin1.7 miles15
Olio4.2 miles12
Meadows Knoll4.5 miles15
Meadows Glen4.7 miles15
Ashwood5.0 miles12
Gray Eagle5.1 miles12
Sandstone Lakes5.1 miles12
Plantana5.1 miles12

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 ClarksvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5127674The 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 432577. 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.