Duneland Beach, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Michigan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46360. The Survey maps it on the New Buffalo West quadrangle. It stands 604 feet above sea level.
On record in Duneland Beach
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 1 record
George and Adele Jaworowski Houselisted 2013
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS New Buffalo West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Duneland Beach between 2019 and 2020, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 103 - 2020 |
| 8 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 76 - 2019 |
| 26 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 67 - 2020 |
| 9 November 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP FD 196 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Duneland Beach: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan City Eng. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Michigan City Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| Sheridan Ave Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duneland Beach in 2 storm reports in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duneland Beach | $25,000 | Several trees down across northern LaPorte county. Long Beach was the hardest hit area. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Duneland Beach | $15,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michiana Shores | 0.9 miles | 10 | |
| Merrick | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Long Beach | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Davis | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Pottawattamie Park | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Ambler | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Springfield | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Trail Creek | 4.2 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 Duneland Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5315013 | 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 446769. 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.



