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Mickleyville, Indiana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Wayne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46241. It stands on Mickley Run. The Survey maps it on the Bridgeport quadrangle.

Mickleyville within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

In the county-history sources

12,230 words on this township

History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Wayne Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Wayne Township - 12,230 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Mickleyville in 2007, burning under an acre 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/undetermined1

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
21 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

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 Mickleyville: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Indianapolis 522 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kentucky Avenue SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Standard Materials Corp S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mickleyville in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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
May 2019Thunderstorm WindMickleyville$5,000There was some damage to siding of a home along the peak of the roof line due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. A small branch was also reported down.
October 2020FloodMickleyville$3,000High standing water on Tibbs, Lynhurst and Morris streets on the southwest side of Indianapolis.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMickleyville$1,000A large tree was snapped due to thunderstorm wind gusts fifteen feet above the base.
July 2009HailMickleyville-The time this event occurred has been estimated.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMickleyville-Thunderstorm winds blew down a 31-foot tall radio tower, uprooted a large tree, and blew down part of a fence. Location was reported to be near Washington Street and Lynhurst Drive, Indianapolis. Time is approximate.

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Ben Davis0.4 miles17
Drexel Gardens0.9 miles17
Lynhurst1.1 miles19
Sterling Heights1.3 miles17
Keystone Manor1.4 miles16
Fairview Station1.9 miles19
Chapel Hill2.2 miles16
Mars Hill2.3 miles17

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 Q122549481The 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 439082. 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.