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Dodd, Indiana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Tobin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47520. It stands on Millstone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cannelton quadrangle.

Dodd within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

25 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Dodd between 1999 and 2016, burning about 466 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
26 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestBUS
22 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresHoosier National ForestBAILER FIRE
1 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoosier National ForestWALTRIP
28 April 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHoosier National ForestECHO
19 April 2016Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryINDIAN LAKE
16 April 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestROCKY
12 April 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresHoosier National ForestSUPERFOOT'S NEIGHBOR
18 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresHoosier National ForestLOST FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dodd in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDodd-There were trees down on Deer Creek Road near Cannelton.
March 2015FloodDodd-Heavy rainfall during the previous 2 to 3 weeks brought the Ohio River at Cannelton Lock and Dam into flood. The river crested at 47.33 feet during the morning hours of March 17th.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindDodd-Local law enforcement reported to the NWS that trees were downed due to severe thunderstorm winds over Shellflower Road.

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Lauer3.5 miles14
Tobinsport4.2 miles14
Hardingrove4.4 miles14
Cannelton4.9 miles17
Fenn Haven5.7 miles22
Tell City6.7 miles22
Rome6.8 miles14
Lilly Dale6.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 452037. 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.