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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.

Meadowbrook within Tippecanoe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

7 since 2002

Regional 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/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 April 2004Arson/incendiarism15 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
12 March 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 March 2004Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 December 2002Smokingunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 November 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 October 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tippecanoe County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rostone Crp/ Lafayette Oprtns.AluminumOccurrence
Rostone Crp/ Lafayette Oprtns.AluminumPlant
Bratz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Casi PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elwood SalesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lafayette Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lafayette Portable GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Macy's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Taylor StationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tippecanoe County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Flash FloodMeadowbrook$100,000Water 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 2016Tornado (EF1)Meadowbrook$50,000The 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 2019Thunderstorm WindMeadowbrook$4,000Siding and roof shingles were ripped off buildings at Crosswinds Apartments due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindMeadowbrook$1,000A large, healthy tree was snapped near the base in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMeadowbrook$800A large tree limb was downed and blocking the intersection of Amelia Avenue and Creasy Lane due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
November 2011Funnel CloudMeadowbrook-A funnel cloud was nearing the ground close to Tippecanoe Mall along Highway 52.
April 2013HailMeadowbrook-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tippecanoe 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
Eastwitch2.2 miles13
Monitor2.8 miles13
Lafayette3.5 miles18
Tecumseh3.6 miles13
Dayton3.8 miles9
Birmingham4.0 miles13
Altamont Switch4.5 miles13
Delp4.8 miles13

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 Q27988800The 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.