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Garrett, Indiana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Keyser Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46738. The Survey maps it on the Garrett quadrangle. 6,542 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 879 feet above sea level.

Garrett within DeKalb County

On record in Garrett

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 12 of 19 shown

Every listing in DeKalb County

Population over time

2 figures

Garrett grew from 6,286 to 6,542 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.

YearPeople Change
20106,286
20206,542+256 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

In the county-history sources

2,823 words on this township

History of Dekalb County, Indiana, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families, published 1914 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Keyser Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Keyser Township - 2,823 words.

Fires near this place

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Garrett between 2002 and 2004, burning about 7 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1

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 July 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
27 April 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 April 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 March 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 February 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
12 November 2004Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Garrett: 5 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Auburn Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fedrick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Hixon Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Indian Springs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lampe Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Scott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sheets Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Steward PropertySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Storms near this place

13 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garrett in 13 storm reports between 1999 and 2021: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
October 2007Thunderstorm WindGarrett$10,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindGarrett$5,000Mobile home blown off foundation. Roof damage to some homes.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindGarrett$2,000Several power lines and tree limbs were blown down.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindGarrett-The public reported a tree down in the roadway.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindGarrett-A trained spotter reported a one to two foot diameter tree branch as well as a sign were blown down near the intersection of County Road 15 and Highway 8.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindGarrett-A large sycamore tree was snapped off about 25 feet off the ground. Large branches in the area were also blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGarrett-Law enforcement reported trees down in Garrett.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindGarrett-Law enforcement reported trees down south of Garrett.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindGarrett-Several trees down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGarrett-Several trees blown down.
May 2018HailGarrett-no account filed
May 2003HailGarrett-no account filed
June 2000HailGarrett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in DeKalb 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
Altona1.0 miles10
Cedar2.8 miles10
Butler Center2.8 miles10
Saint Johns3.0 miles11
Auburn Junction3.2 miles11
New Era3.9 miles11
Auburn4.2 miles11
Corunna6.1 miles10

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 GarrettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2684665The 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 434969. 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.