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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.

Mifflin within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

52 since 1992

Regional 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 burning20
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHoosier National ForestBAILER
6 September 1999Smokingunder an acreHoosier National ForestREST AREA - NORTH
5 September 2007Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresHoosier National ForestHEMLOCK
22 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresHoosier National ForestKEMP FIRE
20 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresHoosier National ForestLIVE FIRE
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresHoosier National ForestREST AREA -WOODS
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHoosier National ForestDOOLITTLE MILLS
11 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestHEMLOCK #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Crawford County PitStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

6 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMifflin-A tree was down near the intersection of West Fork Road and Mifflin West Fork Road.
April 2015Flash FloodMifflin-Law enforcement reported that because of heavy rainfall, Otter Creek was out of its bank and running over Otter Creek Rd.
March 2008Flash FloodMifflin-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 2004Thunderstorm WindMifflin-Trees were downed.
June 1999Flash FloodMifflin-A county road was washed away
April 2007HailMifflin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Taswell2.2 miles13
Tunnel Hill3.0 miles13
Eckerty3.9 miles13
Grantsburg4.0 miles14
English4.5 miles14
West Fork5.1 miles14
Brownstown5.5 miles15
Sulphur6.6 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.

Wikipedia article on MifflinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18344717The 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.