Dunkirk, Indiana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46947. It lies near Sebastian Island. The Survey maps it on the Lucerne quadrangle. It stands 607 feet above sea level.

Dunkirk within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Lucerne quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Dunkirk: 8 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Sphalerite Occurrence Z76	Zinc, Sulfur	Occurrence	Sphalerite
Cass County Highway Department	Stone	Producer
Eng. Ag. Corp. Quarry #2	Stone	Producer
Engineering Aggregate Corp.Pl. 1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Engineering Aggregates Corp. Plt. 2	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Logansport Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Engineering Aggregates Corp. Pl. 4	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Logansport S & G Co.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Logansport Sand & Gravel Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Wilson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

13 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunkirk in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
January 2008	Flood	Dunkirk	$150,000	Numerous roads were flooded across mainly the northwestern part of the county, generally north of US 24 and west of State Route 25. A state of emergency was declared by county officials in these areas for about a 12 hour period, restricting travel to all but essential needs. Water was reported in many basements and covering driveways. Emergency officials did have to assist with several evacuations across the area. No exact damage figures are available, but is estimated at around $150,000.
May 2025	Lightning	Dunkirk	$50,000	Lightning strike caused a structure fire on the 1500 Block of Delaware Road.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Dunkirk	$5,000	Multiple trees are down on US 35.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Dunkirk	$1,000	Tree down on Holland and Water Street.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Dunkirk	$1,000	Large tree down blocking the road at US 35 and Delaware Rd.
February 2026	Hail	Dunkirk	-	Picture of at least quarter size hail shared by EMA.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Dunkirk	-	A trained spotter reported tree damage along US 35.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Dunkirk	-	Trees down between 200W and 300N.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Dunkirk	-	County highway officials reported a tree was blown down, blocking U.S. 35, between Royal Center and Logansport.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Dunkirk	-	Emergency management officials reported multiple trees down in and around Logansport. At least one tree was down onto power lines on the west side of Logansport.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Dunkirk	-	Emergency management officials reported several trees and power lines down on the west and south side of Logansport. A portion of US 24 is closed due to down trees on the road.
February 2026	Hail	Dunkirk	-	no account filed
August 2016	Hail	Dunkirk	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Logansport	2.0 miles	10
Kenneth	4.2 miles	9
Verona	4.4 miles	10
Clymers	4.5 miles	10
Potawatomi Point	4.6 miles	11
Miami Bend	5.1 miles	10
Georgetown	6.0 miles	10
Anoka	6.4 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 Dunkirk	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5315378	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 433785. 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.

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.