BlockCollins, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Smith Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46725. The Survey maps it on the Columbia City quadrangle. It stands 863 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Columbia City quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Columbia City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Collins in 2007, 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 November 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Collins: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant No. 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Collins in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Collins | $30,000 | Ground and storm spotter assisted drone surveys revealed a tornado touched down just west of the Eel River Golf course in Whitley county and tracked rapidly east-southeast crossing US 33 in Allen county before dissipating in a corn field west of Chase Road. Trees were damaged on the golf course and along the Whitley/Allen county line (County Line Road) where newly placed metal power poles were pushed over slightly. This tornado intensified further as it reached the Hildebrand/Frazier intersection with numerous trees down and a home sustained minor roof and siding damage. The tornado continued through crop fields before downing a number of tree limbs, topping trees, and even snapping trees at ground-level at a residence. The home sustained damage from fallen trees and limbs. The tornado was on the ground for approximately 2.7 miles (around 0.6 miles in Whitley county and just over two miles in Allen County). |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | $5,000 | Amateur radio operator reports trees down. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Emergency management officials reported one large tree was blown down as well as several smaller two inch limbs in the Miami Village Area. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Collins | - | Three to over four inches of rain fell across much of the county, resulting in high water and flash flooding on many roads. Numerous fire calls were received of water running off from the ground into homes. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | An off duty NWS employee reported multiple trees down along Indiana 205 in Whitley county. Healthy trees up to five feet in diameter were snapped at the base in Collins. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Collins | - | Several small trees down along the Whitley/Allen County line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coesse Corners | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Churubusco | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Tri-Lakes | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Coesse | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Five Points | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Columbia City | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Cresco | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Walnut Corners | 7.3 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 Collins | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5147329 | 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 432790. 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.