BlockDunkirk, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47336. It stands on Dunkirk Drain. The Survey maps it on the Pennville quadrangle. 2,164 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 945 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDunkirk fell from 2,362 to 2,164 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,362 | |
| 2020 | 2,164 | -198 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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 Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pennville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Storms near this place
13 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunkirk in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunkirk | $100,000 | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunkirk | $10,000 | A building suffered roof damage. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Dunkirk | - | A trained spotter reported dime to quarter size hail. |
| November 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Dunkirk | - | The tornado crossed into Jay county north of W County Road 300 S near Big Lick Creek. Damage was somewhat sporadic from north of Dunkirk to northwest of Portland before the tornado intensified per video footage with indications of multiple vortex development at its peak. Numerous farm structures were severely damaged or destroyed with several homes suffering varying degrees of damage up to loss of a second floor. A manufactured home on N County Road 550 E was picked up and rotated clockwise, then placed back down with part of the house still on the southeast corner of the foundation. A male teenager was in the basement when it occurred but was not injured. The home was treated as a DI of FR12 due to being removed from its trailer and extra reinforcement done to the 2 halves when it was assembled. A man and his son were in a barn when it was struck by the tornado. Several hundred bales of hay fell onto them trapping them until they could find a escape route. They suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene. The tornado did weaken as it approached and eventually crossed into Mercer County (Ohio) and into the Wilmington Ohio forecast area, north of St Anthony Road. Maximum wind speeds are estimated between 130 and 135 mph. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Dunkirk | - | Law enforcement officials reported portions of State Route 167 north of Dunkirk and County Road 400 closed due to flooding. Water was also reported crossing the road on State Road 1 south of Pennville. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunkirk | - | A few trees were blown down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunkirk | - | Amateur radio reported trees down in Dunkirk. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunkirk | - | Newspaper report and photo of large trees down in Dunkirk. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunkirk | - | Law enforcement reported trees were uprooted just east of Dunkirk. The storm then caused damage 7 miles northwest of Portland. A barn was leveled as well as tree and chimney damage at one residence. Another barn was leveled and a garage damaged about a mile north of the other destroyed barn. Trees were reported down in Bryant as well. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunkirk | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Dunkirk | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Dunkirk | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Dunkirk | - | 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.
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 Q3241334 | 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 433786. 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.
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.