Magnolia, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Jennings Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47118. It stands on Jaby Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beechwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1950 USGS Alton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Beechwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Beechwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Beechwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Magnolia between 1999 and 2010, burning about 253 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 157 acres | Hoosier National Forest | ABC MISCELLANEOUS |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | REST AREA -WOODS |
| 29 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | LYNCH |
| 15 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | RIDDLE |
| 9 April 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SENNS RD. |
| 1 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BEECHWOOD |
| 25 March 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SKIDDER FIRE |
| 17 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | RIDDLE #2 |
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 Magnolia: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Sandy Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tower Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Magnolia in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2018: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magnolia | - | A trained spotter reported winds of 65 mph. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Magnolia | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Magnolia | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Magnolia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzer Crossroads | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Riddle | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Carefree | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Curby | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Pilot Knob | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Beechwood | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Jericho | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Leavenworth | 4.3 miles | 21 |
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 Magnolia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18351523 | 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 451193. 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.








