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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1956 USGS Taswell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Taswell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Taswell quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BAILER |
| 5 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | HEMLOCK |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | KEMP FIRE |
| 21 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Hoosier National Forest | HASKINS |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | DOOLITTLE MILLS |
| 3 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | REST AREA (I-64) |
| 27 June 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | LIGHTNING STRIKE |
| 30 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | GREEN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckerty Mine | Stone | Producer | ||
| Eckerty Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Eckerty | $10,000 | The 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 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Eckerty | $5,000 | A tornado lifted a large tree, moved it 10 to 15 feet, and then deposited it on a nearby house. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eckerty | - | A tree was blown down by strong winds, bringing power lines down with it. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eckerty | - | The Crawford County emergency manager reported that several trees were down across roadways in the western part of the county. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eckerty | - | A spotter reported several trees down across the western portion of Crawford County. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eckerty | - | 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eckerty | - | Trees were reported downed in Eckerty. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eckerty | - | Trees were downed. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Eckerty | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riceville | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Taswell | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Wickliffe | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Mifflin | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Tunnel Hill | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Brownstown | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| West Fork | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Grantsburg | 7.9 miles | 14 |
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 Eckerty | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5332895 | 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 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.







