Dunlap, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Concord Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46517. It stands on Yellow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elkhart quadrangle. 6,442 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 774 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDunlap grew from 6,235 to 6,442 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 | 6,235 | |
| 2020 | 6,442 | +207 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 13 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 Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dunlap: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunterlake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Indiana Highway Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pit No. 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Riegsecker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunlap in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Dunlap | $300,000 | THIS TORNADO LIKELY FORMED ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE BOW ECHO WHICH PASSED THROUGH BERRIEN AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTIES EARLIER. IT TOUCHED DOWN ON TOP OF THE FORD DEALERSHIP ALONG HIGHWAY 33 TEARING OFF A LARGE PART OF THE ROOF AND ONE WALL. NEXT IT THREW A FORD AEROSTAR VAN INTO A POWER POLE AND PICKED UP AN RV TOSSING IT OVER 50 YARDS AWAY ACROSS THE HIGHWAY INTO A DITCH. NEXT IT CROSSED A STREET AND HIT A MANUFACTURED HOME DEALERSHIP SHIFTING SEVERAL HOMES OFF THEIR FOUNDATIONS, TEARING A LARGE PART OF THE OFFICE ROOF OFF AND FLIPPING A MOVING VAN OVER. IT THEN PROCEEDED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 33 FOR APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 200 YARDS TEARING OFF PARTS OF ROOFS AND AIR CONDITIONING UNITS BEFORE LIFTING. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunlap | $50,000 | SEVERAL HOME ROOFS DAMAGED. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunlap | $5,000 | Various large branches down and one tree uprooted on the southeast side of Elkhart. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Dunlap | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunlap | $500 | A metal light pole was broke off at the base in the parking lot of a Chevy dealership along US 33. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunlap | - | The public reported eight to ten inch tree limbs down on CR 16. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunlap | - | Several four to five inch diameters trees downed, in good health. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunlap | - | The public reported a one to two foot diameter tree, with some signs of rot, was blown down. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunlap | - | An isolated area of damage to multiple trees was reported in the area of the 24000 block of County Road 20/Mishawaka Road. Some of the tree tops were snapped with one tree uprooted. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunlap | - | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in Dunlap. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Dunlap | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunlap | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Camp Gardens | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Midway | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Garden Village | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| East Lake Estates | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Elkhart | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Greenleaf Manor | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Jamestown | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Goshen | 6.0 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.
| Wikipedia article on Dunlap | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2521535 | 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 433789. 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.



