Mifflin, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47175. The Survey maps it on the Taswell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1956 USGS Taswell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Taswell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Taswell quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Mifflin between 1992 and 2019, burning about 162 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BAILER |
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | REST AREA - NORTH |
| 5 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | HEMLOCK |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | KEMP FIRE |
| 20 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | LIVE FIRE |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | REST AREA -WOODS |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | DOOLITTLE MILLS |
| 11 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | HEMLOCK #2 |
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 Mifflin: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford County Pit | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mifflin in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mifflin | - | A tree was down near the intersection of West Fork Road and Mifflin West Fork Road. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Mifflin | - | Law enforcement reported that because of heavy rainfall, Otter Creek was out of its bank and running over Otter Creek Rd. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Mifflin | - | High water closed a few roads in central Crawford County, including Otter Creek Road and Milltown Road. Four to five feet of water covered East 5th Street in English. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mifflin | - | Trees were downed. |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Mifflin | - | A county road was washed away |
| April 2007 | Hail | Mifflin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taswell | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Tunnel Hill | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Eckerty | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Grantsburg | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| English | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| West Fork | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Brownstown | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Sulphur | 6.6 miles | 17 |
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 Mifflin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18344717 | 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 451215. 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.







