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Converse, Indiana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46919. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sweetser quadrangle.

Converse within Miami County

On record in Converse

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

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 Converse in 2004, burning about 2 acres 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 burning1

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
17 April 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Converse: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Pipe Creek Stone Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Miami County

Storms near this place

16 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Converse in 16 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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
June 2020Thunderstorm WindConverse-Two large trees down. One in the street and the other on a house.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindConverse-Emergency management officials reported two large trees down, one onto a home.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindConverse-Measured gust on anemometer. 12 inch thick tree limbs also down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindConverse-Emergency management officials reported a grain bin was blown down by strong winds. In addition, the roof of a barn was blown off.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindConverse-A trained spotter reported measured sustained winds of 45 mph with gusts as high as 60 mph.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindConverse-Emergency management officials reported several four to six inch diameter tree limbs down.
June 2005LightningConverse-A gentleman riding a mo-ped was seeking shelter from the wind and rain when lightning struck the area he was standing. He was taken to the hospital, but his exact injuries and the cause were not available.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindConverse-Emergency management reported trees and power lines down near Converse.
July 2003Flash FloodConverse-Emergency management reported sewage overflow near Converse. Most roads in southern part of county closed.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindConverse-A trained spotter measured a wind gust to 80 MPH north of Converse with large trees down.
April 2013HailConverse-no account filed
August 2008HailConverse-no account filed
June 2005HailConverse-no account filed
July 2003HailConverse-no account filed
August 2001HailConverse-no account filed
October 2001HailConverse-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Miami 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
Amboy3.4 miles10
North Grove5.5 miles10
Santa Fe7.9 miles14
McGrawsville8.3 miles13
Wawpecong9.0 miles10
New Santa Fe9.0 miles14
Peoria10.8 miles14
Loree10.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 432907. 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.