BlockMilo, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46991. The Survey maps it on the Warren quadrangle. It stands 843 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1950 USGS Warren quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Warren quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Warren quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Milo between 2005 and 2007, burning about 21 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 11 April 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milo in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milo | $2,000 | A metal barn door was removed. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milo | - | EM reported a tree blocked the road and took power lines down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milo | - | Emergency management officials reported numerous trees down across the entire county. A semi was blown over on southbound I-69, near mile marker 274. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Milo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Plain | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Buckeye | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lancaster | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| River | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Plum Tree | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Etna | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Majenica | 8.1 miles | 13 |
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 Milo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6860276 | 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 439253. 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.
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.