BlockMeadowbrook, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46774. The Survey maps it on the Fort Wayne East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne East quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Fort Wayne East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Fort Wayne East quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
8,526 words on this townshipHistory of Allen County, Indiana., published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Adams Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Adams Township - 8,526 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Meadowbrook in 2006, burning about 50 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Meadowbrook: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nail Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meadowbrook in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Lightning | Meadowbrook | 1 killed | Local television stations reported a 18 year old male was found dead under a tree around 8 am May 1st. Indications were that lightning struck a tree the young man was standing under and traveled into his back. Autopsy revealed he was killed instantly. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadowbrook | $25,000 | Emergency management officials reported that a total of 9 mobile homes suffered varying degrees of damage. The majority of the damage was confined to skirting and support blocks. The southeast facing end of a mobile home was shifted off its blocks, but the home suffered only minor damage beyond that. Trees in the park and outside it were not damaged. Damage is estimated at $25,000. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadowbrook | $1,000 | An 18 inch tree was down on Hatzel Road. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadowbrook | - | Emergency management officials reported two power poles were snapped. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadowbrook | - | Tree on house. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Meadowbrook | - | Several reports of nickle to quarter size hail. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadowbrook | - | A mesonet site recorded a 72 mph wind gust. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Meadowbrook | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Haven | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Sunnymede Woods | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| New Haven | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Tanglewood | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Fairfax | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Dwenger Field | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Anthony Wayne Village | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Maplewood Park | 3.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 438943. 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.