Lamar, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47550. The Survey maps it on the Santa Claus quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1900 USGS St Meinrad quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS St Meinrad quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS St. Meinrad quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Claus quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lamar in 1 storm report in 2005: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2005 | Hail | Lamar | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Schley | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Liberal | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Clay City | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Santa Fe | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Santa Claus | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Buffaloville | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Evanston | 4.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 437569. 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.
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.








