BlockDinwiddie, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Eagle Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46341. The Survey maps it on the Leroy quadrangle. It stands 689 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Leroy quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Leroy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Leroy quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,951 words on this townshipLake County, Indiana, 1884 : an Account of the Semi-centennial Celebration of Lake County, September 3 and 4, with Historical Papers and Other Interesting Records, Prepared for This Volume, published 1884; A Standard History of Lake County, Indiana, and the Calumet Region, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Eagle Creek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Eagle Creek Township - 2,951 words.
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Dinwiddie between 2004 and 2005, 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/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 20 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dinwiddie in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dinwiddie | $300,000 | The National Weather Service conducted an aerial survey and determined that the damage was spread out across a path approximately two miles wide. All trees and debris appeared to be blown down in the same direction, to the southeast.||The most intense damage occurred from just east of Interstate 65 and Route 2 southeast toward the Kankakee River and the Lake Porter county line. A semi truck was blown over near exit 240 and part of the roof of a weigh station was blown off near mile marker 243, both on Interstate 65. Hundreds of large trees were snapped or uprooted. Some detached garages, farm outbuildings and grain bins were destroyed or severely damaged. Homes suffered some loss of shingles. There were five metal tress electrical towers collapsed near Route 2 and Clay Street. Although the EF guide would suggest stronger winds may be required to collapse the towers, none of the other nearby observed damage was consistent with wind speeds higher than around 110 mph. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dinwiddie | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down near Interstate 65 and Route 2. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dinwiddie | - | A construction trailer overturned and was broken into pieces along IN-2 near Clay St east of Dinwiddie. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dinwiddie | - | A private weather station measured a wind gust to 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Dinwiddie | - | Quarter size hail fell near Interstate 65 and Indiana Route 2. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Dinwiddie | - | Nickel size hail was reported near Route 2 and Interstate 65. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dinwiddie | - | An eight to ten inch diameter tree limb was snapped. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Dinwiddie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Range Line | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Orchard Grove | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Southeast Grove | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Leroy | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Dalecarlia | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Lowell | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Shelby | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Creston | 7.7 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q5278761 | 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 433566. 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.
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.