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Marion, Indiana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46952. It stands on Boots Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marion quadrangle. 28,310 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 810 feet above sea level.

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Marion within Grant County

On record in Marion

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 12 of 14 shown

Every listing in Grant County

Population over time

2 figures

Marion fell from 29,948 to 28,310 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201029,948
202028,310-1,638 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Marion: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Grant Co. Hwy. Dept.- Own CrewsStoneProducer
Grant Co. Hwy. Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marion PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

48 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marion in 48 storm reports between 1996 and 2015: 26 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 1998Thunderstorm WindMarion1 hurt, $10,000AUTOMOBILE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED WHEN PART OF A TREE FELL ACROSS IT.
August 1998Flash FloodMarion$1,000,000EXTENSIVE FLOODING THROUGHOUT MARION AND THE COUNTY. MANY ROADS AND BRIDGES UNDER WATER. NUMEROUS RESIDENCES WERE EVACUATED ALONG THE MISSISSINEWA RIVER AS ARMY NATIONAL GUARDSMEN SANDBAGGED A WEAKENING DIKE ON THE EAST SIDE OF MARION. THE DIKE HELD BUT SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED WATER DAMAGE.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindMarion$150,000WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE IN MARION AND ACROSS GRANT COUNTY.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindMarion$50,000SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN TOWN. ONE CAR WAS BADLY DAMAGED BY A LARGE TREE LIMB. ONE FARM OUTSIDE OF TOWN HAD A ROOF BLOWN OFF THE BARN.
July 2003Flash FloodMarion$25,000Law enforcement reported one house with water into the first floor and numerous roads closed due to flash flooding.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMarion$15,000A section of the Grant County courthouse roof was blown off. Several power lines blown down.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindMarion$5,000Power lines were blown down in the area.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMarion$5,000Tree down on car.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMarion$3,000Several trees blown down with some coming down on power lines.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindMarion$2,000A large tree at 1623 East 37th Street in Marion was blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts. The tree brought down utility lines, damaged a garage roof, and blocked part of a road.
July 2005LightningMarion$1,000Lightning struck the side of a house north of Marion, going through a piece of metal and sparking a small fire in attic insulations as well as an associated overhang. The fire was quickly extinguished with no injuries reported, but damage was estimated to be at least $1,000.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMarion$1,000Trees blown down and brick wall blown onto a car.
May 2015HailMarion-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail at the intersection of County Road 125 North and 1000 East.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMarion-A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph at the intersection of County Road 125 North and 1000 East.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindMarion-County officials reported the Summit Village Trailer park was heavily damaged, with some mobile homes on top of each other.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMarion-Widespread power outages with estimated gusts to 60 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMarion-Numerous power lines down.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMarion-One tree was blown down.
September 2006HailMarion-Nickel size hail covered the ground to a depth of 3 inches in some spots.
June 2005HailMarion-Hail ranging from nickel to golf ball size was reported in the city.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMarion-Trees were reported blown down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMarion-Trees were reported down across the southern parts of the county.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMarion-Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down throughout the county.
July 2003Flash FloodMarion-Emergency management reported some roads closed due to flash flooding.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMarion-Law enforcement reported large tree limbs down southeast of Marion.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindMarion-Ham radio operators reported trees down.
April 2001HailMarion-Power lines reported blown down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMarion-A large tree was uprooted on the east side of the Grant county fairgrounds. The tree blocked the entrance to the grounds and hit power lines cutting power to the fairgrounds into early afternoon.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindMarion-Power lines down
June 2001Thunderstorm WindMarion-Two trees down.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindMarion-Two trees blown down on Meridian Street between 50th and 53rd Streets.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMarion-Minor wind damage.
July 1998HailMarion-HAIL IN MARION AND ON NORTH SIDE OF CITY.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindMarion-TREES DOWN IN TOWN.
March 2006HailMarion-no account filed
September 2006HailMarion-no account filed
May 2005HailMarion-no account filed
November 2005HailMarion-no account filed
May 2002HailMarion-no account filed
April 2001HailMarion-no account filed
April 2001HailMarion-no account filed
April 2001HailMarion-no account filed
September 2001HailMarion-no account filed
May 2000HailMarion-no account filed
May 1999HailMarion-no account filed
June 1998HailMarion-no account filed
May 1996HailMarion-no account filed
October 1996Thunderstorm WindMarion-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Westwood Square1.9 miles12
Shady Hills2.3 miles12
Kiley2.4 miles12
Home Corner2.6 miles12
Bethevan2.7 miles12
Michaelsville3.3 miles12
Brookhaven3.5 miles11
Shadeland4.1 miles11

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 MarionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q286068The 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 438611. 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.

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.