BlockMakin, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46750. The Survey maps it on the Bippus quadrangle. It stands 850 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Bippus quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Bippus quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Makin between 2001 and 2003, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 March 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Makin in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2016: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Makin | $40,000 | Emergency management officials reported a pole barn/garage was completely destroyed with two cars inside damaged. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Makin | - | Emergency management officials reported a grain bin was blown over at 6654 West 700 North. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Makin | - | Emergency management officials reported a tree was down onto State Route 5 blocking one of the lanes, between County Roads 900 and 1000 North. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bracken | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Bippus | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Goblesville | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Andrews | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Huntington | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Bowerstown | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Mardenis | 10.1 miles | 12 | |
| Harlansburg | 10.5 miles | 13 |
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 Makin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14688591 | 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 438495. 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.
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.