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Logan, Indiana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47060. It lies near Whites Hill. The Survey maps it on the Guilford quadrangle.

Logan within Dearborn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

537 words on this township

History of Dearborn County Indiana, published 1915 names this settlement in its chapter on Logan Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Logan township is one of the original townships of Dearborn county. It comprises a congressional township and Harrison township was erected out of it in 1844. Its bounds were the boundaries of township 7, range 1 west. As the township is now described, it is bounded on the north by Franklin county, on the east by Harrison township, on the south by Miller township, and on the west by Kelso township.

Passage source: History of Dearborn County Indiana, published 1915.

The first mill built on the Whitewater river was erected by John Hinkston at the mouth of Logan creek. It was in operation as early as 1813. The early settlers, always on the lookout for localities where salt could be evap¬ orated from the water, found a lick at the mouth of Cranes run, where for a time salt was manufactured. James Logan dug two wells and carried on the business until the river rose and compelled their abandonment. A distillery was also erected at the mouth of Cranes run, about one-half mile from the river, by Solomon Rude. Jacob Hollowell operated a tannery on Logan creek, at a place called "Stone Jug." Charles Briggs, it is claimed, erected the first steam mill in the township.

Passage source: History of Dearborn County Indiana, published 1915.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Logan Township.

Fires near this place

1 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Logan in 2004, 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
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 February 2004Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dearborn County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Logan: 4 producers, 3 plants, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dry Fork PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Harrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Harrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harrison Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Kilby Road No. 713Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
New Trenton Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Whitewater Sand & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dearborn County

Storms near this place

13 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Logan in 13 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLogan$15,000An outbuilding at the wastewater plant was demolished and several trees were downed.
February 2025Flash FloodLogan$10,000A swift water rescue occurred on Brush Fork Creek when a vehicle was trapped by rushing water.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLogan$5,000Several trees were downed in the vicinity of U.S. Route 52 and State Route 46.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000Several trees were downed across the roadway east of St Leon.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindLogan$3,000Numerous trees were knocked down in the 28000 block of Barber Road.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindLogan$2,000Several trees were reported down.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindLogan$1,000A tree was blown down on Barber Road.
June 2023HailLogan-no account filed
June 2023HailLogan-no account filed
April 2016HailLogan-no account filed
April 2012HailLogan-no account filed
April 2012HailLogan-no account filed
April 2012HailLogan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dearborn County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Dover2.8 miles17
Bright2.9 miles20
Braysville3.1 miles15
West Harrison4.0 miles15
Saint Leon4.5 miles13
Yorkville4.9 miles17
Guilford5.6 miles17
New Alsace5.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 438224. 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.