BlockMiami, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Deer Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46914. The Survey maps it on the Miami quadrangle. It stands 791 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Miami quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Miami: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek Stone & Gravel Corp. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miami in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Lightning | Miami | $15,000 | Emergency management officials reported a house was struck by lightning at the intersection of 350 West and 250 South. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | Three semi trucks were blown over on US Highway 31. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miami | - | Emergency management officials reported trees and power lines down in and around Miami. |
| August 1994 | Hail | Miami | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Miami | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennetts Switch | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bunker Hill | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Loree | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Wawpecong | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| McGrawsville | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Nead | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Santa Fe | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| North Grove | 7.4 miles | 10 |
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 Miami | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6827219 | 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 439066. 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.