BlockKimmell, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sparta Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46760. The Survey maps it on the Ligonier quadrangle. 433 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 915 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKimmell grew from 422 to 433 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 422 | |
| 2020 | 433 | +11 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Ligonier quadrangle1:24000
- 1973 USGS Ligonier quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
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 Kimmell: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimmell Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kimmell in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Kimmell | $500,000 | Eyewitness reports and an NWS Storm Survey confirmed a tornado started just east of Engle Lake, knocking down trees in a residential area. As it continued north, some of the strongest damage was sustained to a house, which had some of its roofing ripped off and a wall pushed in. Other houses and farm buildings sustained roof damage and more trees were knocked down or snapped as it continued on crossing highway 6. One large chicken building had its entire outer shell removed. It came to an end just before the Noble/Lagrange county line. Maximum sustained winds were estimated at around 105 mph. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Kimmell | - | Picture shared on social media of several hailstones, possibly just over an inch in diameter. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimmell | - | An off duty NWS employee reported a tree limb onto a roadway. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimmell | - | Emergency management officials reported an eight inch diameter tree branch down at US 33 and County Road 750 West. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimmell | - | The public estimated 60 to 70 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimmell | - | A trained spotter measured a 70 mph wind gust. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimmell | - | Several trees were downed. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Kimmell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cromwell | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Wolflake | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bear Lake | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Indian Village | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Ligonier | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Washington Center | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Wawaka | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Port Mitchell | 6.2 miles | 11 |
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 Kimmell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5850140 | 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 437309. 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.
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.