Elkinsville, Indiana
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47448. It stands on Spanker Branch. The Survey maps it on the Elkinsville quadrangle. It stands 577 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1942 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Elkinsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Elkinsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Elkinsville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Elkinsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Elkinsville between 1995 and 2018, burning about 200 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | DUNKEY |
| 12 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | FLEETWOOD CEMETERY |
| 4 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | NEBO |
| 16 July 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | CAMPSITE |
| 8 April 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | MAUMEE FIRE |
| 4 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | HICKORY RIDGE FIRE |
| 4 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Hoosier National Forest | 1150N FIRE |
| 3 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | DECKARD RIDGE 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Elkinsville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown County Native Stone Co Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elkinsville in 1 storm report in 1999: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkinsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youno (historical) | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Story | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Christiansburg | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Spurgeons Corner | 6.4 miles | 21 | |
| Buffalo (historical) | 6.5 miles | 21 | |
| West Overlook | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Stone Head | 6.7 miles | 21 | |
| Belmont | 6.8 miles | 20 |
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 Elkinsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5364341 | 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 450887. 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.









