Meadowbrook, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47905. It stands on South Fork Wildcat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lafayette East quadrangle. It stands 666 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lafayette East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Lafayette East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Meadowbrook between 2002 and 2005, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 March 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 March 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 December 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 17 November 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 28 October 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Meadowbrook: 6 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rostone Crp/ Lafayette Oprtns. | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Rostone Crp/ Lafayette Oprtns. | Aluminum | Plant | ||
| Bratz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Casi Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Elwood Sales | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lafayette Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lafayette Portable Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Macy's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Taylor Station | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meadowbrook in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Meadowbrook | $100,000 | Water was as deep as 3 feet deep in portions of the Tippecanoe Mall with rapidly flowing water reported over the road in the subdivision behind the mall due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. This report was relayed via social media. |
| March 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Meadowbrook | $50,000 | The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has confirmed an EF-1 tornado near Lafayette in Tippecanoe County on March 31, 2016. The EF-1, 30-yard wide tornado was captured on video as it moved across the lot at the Wabash National Trailer site. With wind speeds estimated at approximately 100 mph, a guard shack was destroyed, a car was rolled over, a few tractor trailers were blown over, and a construction trailer was damaged and nearly rolled over. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadowbrook | $4,000 | Siding and roof shingles were ripped off buildings at Crosswinds Apartments due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadowbrook | $1,000 | A large, healthy tree was snapped near the base in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meadowbrook | $800 | A large tree limb was downed and blocking the intersection of Amelia Avenue and Creasy Lane due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| November 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Meadowbrook | - | A funnel cloud was nearing the ground close to Tippecanoe Mall along Highway 52. |
| April 2013 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastwitch | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Monitor | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lafayette | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Tecumseh | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Dayton | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Birmingham | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Altamont Switch | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Delp | 4.8 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.
| Wikidata item Q27988800 | 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 1964928. 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.





