BlockGiro, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47640. It stands on Decker Branch. The Survey maps it on the Iona quadrangle. It stands 446 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1944 USGS Iona quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Iona quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
2,885 words on this townshipHistory of Gibson County Indiana, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Washington Township - 2,885 words.
Fires near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Giro in 2001, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 21 October 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Giro in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 9 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flood | Giro | $100,000 | Major flooding of the White River occurred. At Hazleton, the river crested at 29.70 feet on the 12th. Flood stage there is 16 feet. This flood crest was almost two feet lower than the crest of January, 2005. Local levees were at critical levels. Flood fighting and some evacuations were in progress. Oil fields and residential areas on the river side of the levees flooded extensively. Sandbagging began in Hazleton. Water was more than two feet deep in the west end of Hazleton at West 2nd and Brown Streets. Most people in residential cabins on the riverward side of the levee were relocated. Many local roads were completely impassable. Oil fields were inaccessible. Water pumps were installed on the west end of Hazleton. A six-inch water pump was installed at 2nd and Brown Street to keep water off the streets. |
| April 2014 | Flood | Giro | $3,000 | Moderate flooding occurred along the White River. At the Hazleton river gage, the river crested at 25.80 feet on the 11th. This was only a couple of inches lower than the crest of 26.0 feet in January of 2007. Flood stage at Hazleton is 16 feet, and moderate flooding begins at 24 feet. Flood gates are normally installed at Hazleton at 26 feet. People in residential cabins on the riverward side of the levee generally relocate at this level. Many local roads were completely impassable. Oil fields were inaccessible. Water began to come onto the street at the corner of West 2nd Street and Brown Street in the town of Hazleton. Extensive flooding of agricultural fields occurred. Since this flood occurred primarily outside of the growing season, little if any crop damage occurred. |
| February 2014 | Flood | Giro | $2,000 | Minor flooding occurred along the White River. Many low-lying woods and fields were underwater. Some river cabins were affected. A couple of Hazleton city streets were flooded, along with at least one rural county road. Low-lying oil fields were inundated. Flood gates were installed at Hazleton. Floodwaters covered the Hazleton softball field. The flooding continued into March. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Giro | - | Minor flooding of low-lying agricultural lands and oil fields occurred near Hazleton. |
| May 2024 | Flood | Giro | - | Minor flooding of low-lying agricultural lands and oil fields occurred near Hazleton. |
| January 2015 | Flood | Giro | - | Minor flooding occurred along the White River near Hazleton. Floodwaters covered low ground, inundating low-lying oil fields. A couple of low rural roads were flooded. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Giro | - | The flooded White River continued to recede after moderate flooding occurred in late April. See the April report for details of that flooding. |
| April 2024 | Flood | Giro | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Giro | - | 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.
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 Giro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5564738 | 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 435091. 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.
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.