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Grantsburg, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47123. It stands on Bogard Creek. The Survey maps it on the English quadrangle. It stands 614 feet above sea level.

Grantsburg within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Grantsburg between 1992 and 2019, burning about 223 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning16
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
6 September 1999Smokingunder an acreHoosier National ForestREST AREA - NORTH
5 September 2007Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresHoosier National ForestHEMLOCK
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism157 acresHoosier National ForestABC MISCELLANEOUS
20 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresHoosier National ForestLIVE FIRE
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresHoosier National ForestREST AREA -WOODS
11 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestHEMLOCK #2
11 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestHEMLOCK #1
29 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoosier National ForestLYNCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Grantsburg: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Crawford County PitStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

8 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grantsburg in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGrantsburg$15,000Trees and power lines blew down in Grantsburg, Indiana.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindGrantsburg$15,000A tree fell on a mobile home.
April 2017FloodGrantsburg-A trained spotter reported that Indiana Highway 237 was under 5-8 feet of water from the Little Blue River. A water rescue was necessary when a man drove into the water.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGrantsburg-There were multiple reports of trees down between English and Interstate 64.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGrantsburg-Tree limbs were downed across State Highway 237 just south of English.
February 2008Flash FloodGrantsburg-Otter Creek Road was closed due to high water.
February 2008Flash FloodGrantsburg-Otter Creek Road was closed due to high water.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindGrantsburg-Two trees were downed.

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
Switzer Crossroads3.1 miles14
English3.2 miles14
Riddle3.3 miles14
Mifflin4.0 miles13
Tunnel Hill4.1 miles13
Sulphur4.2 miles17
Temple4.8 miles14
West Fork4.8 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 GrantsburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5596686The 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 449662. 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.