BlockKingsland, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lancaster Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46777. The Survey maps it on the Uniondale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Uniondale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Kingsland in 2002, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 July 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kingsland: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Sulfur, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erie Stone Company-Bluffton | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sphalerite Occurrence Z75 | Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingsland in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsland | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Kingsland | $1,000 | Emergency manager reports golf ball size hail north of Bluffton. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsland | - | A trained spotter recorded a 67 mph wind gust. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsland | - | Local broadcast media reported a shed flattened and a barn roof destroyed in the town of Greenwood. In addition, a machinery building suffered roof damage and a shed was blown onto a pick-up truck. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Kingsland | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Kingsland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood | 1.0 miles | 10 | |
| Murray | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Uniondale | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Ossian | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Tocsin | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| North Oaks | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Toll Gate Heights | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Craigville | 5.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 437335. 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.