BlockLake James, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Jamestown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46737. It lies near Eagle Island. The Survey maps it on the Angola West quadrangle.
On record in Lake James
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Combination Shelterlisted 1992 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1941 USGS Angola West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Angola West quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Angola West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Angola West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
8,705 words on this townshipHistory of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885 names this settlement in its chapter on Jamestown Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Jamestown Township lies in the north tier, adjoining the State of Michigan, which bounds it on the north. To the east lies Fremont Township, to the south Pleasant, and to the west Mill Grove. The township is a little less than six miles east and west, and a little more than four miles north and south. It thus contains about twenty-four square miles, or about 15,500 acres, of which say 2,000 acres are covered by water. The township contains some of the finest lakes in the county, and offers unrivaled advantages to the sportsman who desires a successful fishing trip, to the city man who needs a few weeks quiet amid attractive scenery, or to the farmer who wants to locate in as beautiful a region as is in Indiana. Lake James, the largest body of water in the county, stretches from the south line nearly to the village of Jamestown, covering half of sections 28 and 33, and parts of 21, 27 and 34. Lake Jimerson covers half of section 32. Lake George lies on sections 14 and 15, near Jamestown, and stretches into Michigan, as does Hog Lake, on section 17, and Lake Pleasant, in the northwestern corner, on 18. Others are Upper and Lower Otter lakes, on sections 26 and 2Y; Green's Lake, on 26; Failing Lake, on 35; Marsh Lake, on 25; Mud Lake, on 22, and Walters's Lake, on 13.
Passage source: History of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lake James in 2019, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKELAND VFD 0019033 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lake James: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garman Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Angola Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Line Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| State Line Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake James in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake James | 1 hurt | Emergency management officials reported multiple trees and power lines were down around Pokagon State Park. One tree limb was reported to have fallen onto a person, resulting in an injury. The extent of the injury was not available. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake James | $20,000 | Western Steuben county has numerous power lines and tree branches down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake James | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were down across mainly northern portions of the county. The majority of the damage was located in the Angola area, as well as Lake James and the Pokagon State park. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake James | $1,000 | Tree limbs down on Orland Rd east of CR 400 West. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake James | - | Report of a tree down and a power outage. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake James | - | A picture was posted on social media of the top of a rotten tree being broken off, as well as several large, healthy limbs on Crooked Lake, Third Basin. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake James | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potawatomi Inn | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Crooked Lake | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Glen Eden | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Nevada Mills | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Inverness | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Valley Outlet Center | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Panama | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Jamestown | 3.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 437533. 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.