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Eckerty, Indiana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47116. It lies near Golden Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Taswell quadrangle. It stands 745 feet above sea level.

Eckerty within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Eckerty between 1994 and 2020, burning about 201 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 were 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 burning21
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Smoking1
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
8 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHoosier National ForestBAILER
5 September 2007Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresHoosier National ForestHEMLOCK
22 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresHoosier National ForestKEMP FIRE
21 September 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresHoosier National ForestHASKINS
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHoosier National ForestDOOLITTLE MILLS
3 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHoosier National ForestREST AREA (I-64)
27 June 2001Naturalunder an acreHoosier National ForestLIGHTNING STRIKE
30 May 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHoosier National ForestGREEN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Eckerty: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Eckerty MineStoneProducer
Eckerty QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

9 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eckerty in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1999Tornado (F1)Eckerty$10,000The second tornado in Eckerty downed large trees and turned over a car that was about 100 feet away from the trees. The tornado also blew out windows of one side of a house but left the chimney on the roof undisturbed.
May 1999Tornado (F1)Eckerty$5,000A tornado lifted a large tree, moved it 10 to 15 feet, and then deposited it on a nearby house.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEckerty-A tree was blown down by strong winds, bringing power lines down with it.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindEckerty-The Crawford County emergency manager reported that several trees were down across roadways in the western part of the county.
December 2013Thunderstorm WindEckerty-A spotter reported several trees down across the western portion of Crawford County.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindEckerty-From just west of Echarty, law enforcement relayed a report from a spotter of estimated 60 mph winds. Several large limbs were also downed in the same area.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindEckerty-Trees were reported downed in Eckerty.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindEckerty-Trees were downed.
April 2002HailEckerty-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Riceville2.9 miles13
Taswell2.9 miles13
Wickliffe3.7 miles13
Mifflin3.9 miles13
Tunnel Hill5.8 miles13
Brownstown7.1 miles15
West Fork7.5 miles14
Grantsburg7.9 miles14

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 EckertyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5332895The 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 450882. 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.