Concord, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Lauramie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47909. It stands on East Branch Wea Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stockwell quadrangle. It stands 732 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Stockwell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Concord between 2004 and 2005, burning about 21 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2004 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 14 November 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 October 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | 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 Concord: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Concord in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Concord | $10,000 | At 1456EST, this EF-1 tornado touched down 3 miles west of Stockwell. The tornado caused damage to an old barn, scattering some debris. The tornado continued along a northeast path where in varied in strength at times. It eventually caused considerable damage to a second barn as well as siding and window damage to a house. Debris was scattered northeasterly across a field for over another mile. This tornado lifted 3 miles north of Stockwell at 1500EST. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concord | $1,000 | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concord | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concord | - | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Concord | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Concord | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Concord | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concord | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladens Corner | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| North Crane | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Stockwell | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| South Raub | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Romney | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Corwin | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Monroe | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Wyandot | 5.9 miles | 10 |
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 Concord | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14688329 | 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 432847. 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.




