BlockKoleen, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47424. It stands on Black Ankle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Koleen quadrangle. It stands 528 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Koleen quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Koleen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Koleen in 2004, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | COUNTY FARM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Koleen: 7 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deposit No. 3 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Deposit No. 3 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Deposit No. 4 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Deposit No. 4 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Koleen in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2015 | Flash Flood | Koleen | 1 killed, $20,000 | Indiana Conservation Officers found a missing Koleen woman dead in her car Monday, January 5th. Crews had resumed their search for a 39-year-old woman, whod called her father Saturday night and told him she had accidentally driven into flood waters west of Koleen on Mineral-Koleen Road. The Greene County Sheriffs Department and several fire departments as well as Indiana State Police and Indiana Conservation Officers were called to search throughout the day Sunday. Conservation officers said they located a submerged vehicle while searching the area with poles late Sunday night. They were able to see the top of the vehicle Monday because the waters had receded. Search crews found the woman inside the vehicle. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Koleen | $80,000 | Thunderstorm winds, consistent with a possible very small microburst, collapsed the middle portion of a trailer home while tipping the entire structure off its slab foundation. Debris, mainly insulation, was blown into nearby trees. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Koleen | $2,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Koleen | - | Winds were estimated at 60 mph by a state trooper on State Road 58. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Koleen | - | 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 Koleen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6427171 | 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 437432. 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.