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Mitchell, Indiana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47446. The Survey maps it on the Mitchell quadrangle. 3,933 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 682 feet above sea level.

Mitchell within Lawrence County

On record in Mitchell

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Mitchell fell from 4,350 to 3,933 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20104,350
20203,933-417 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

7 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Mitchell between 2001 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning4
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1

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
3 July 2012Natural1.0 acresHoosier National ForestOLD HOME PLACE
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresHoosier National ForestFIBERTECH
9 March 2001Smoking4.0 acresHoosier National ForestSIXTY
21 March 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestOLD 60
16 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestGEORGIA
16 March 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresHoosier National ForestCLARK SMITH RD. FIRE
19 November 2020Debris and open burning4.5 acresIndiana Division of ForestryFLEENOR ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mitchell: 2 producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Orleans QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
V. I. Grissom QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

33 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mitchell in 33 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 19 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 tornado, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
April 1994Tornado (F1)Mitchell3 hurt, $50,000A small tornado briefly touched down and destroyed a mobile home.
April 2006Tornado (F1)Mitchell$100,000Homes and businesses were damaged by a tornado that touched down briefly in Mitchell on the evening of 2 April 2006.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindMitchell$50,000A house had the windows shattered in it due to damaging thunderstorm winds. The storm also detached a wrap-around porch, leveled a garage, and destroyed a shelter house. A Harley motorcycle was smashed in the leveled garage. The roof of the house was damaged when it was picked up and moved two inches from its original location.
March 2017Tornado (EF1)Mitchell$22,000This EF-1 tornado, with winds up to 110 mph, uprooted trees at the start of the path. Uphill, a barn's roof was lofted nearly 100 yards to the northeast. The associated house had the majority of the roof lofted and thrown over 100 yards to the northeast. The east wall of the house and garage displayed widespread mud and insulation splatter. Insulation also splattered inside the mailbox from an east wind component. A lamp post was broken, laying westward.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindMitchell$15,000Tree was blown onto an apartment by thunderstorm wind gusts.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindMitchell$12,000A modular home moved 5 feet off its foundation due to damaging thunderstorm winds. A nearby barn was also damaged during this event. A board was wedged three feet into the ground due to the winds.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMitchell$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed tree onto house.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindMitchell$10,000Thunderstorm winds caused damage to a barn and the roof of a garage.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMitchell$9,000A power outage and a tree was reported on house due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMitchell$5,000An eight inch diameter tree, another tree, and two power poles downed by thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMitchell$5,000A thunderstorm wind gust, estimated at 80 mph, was reported in Mitchell. A couple of business signs were also reported to have been blown over.
June 2019FloodMitchell$3,000Multiple intersections were under water within Mitchell due to heavy rainfall.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMitchell$2,000Large tree uprooted by thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMitchell$2,000Two power poles snapped along a nearby road due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindMitchell$2,000An outbuilding and trees were damaged from damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindMitchell$1,000Six trees down
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMitchell$500Trees blown down.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindMitchell$500no account filed
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMitchell-A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was estimated in northern Mitchell.
July 2008Heavy RainMitchell-A CoCoRaHS rainfall observer reported that 2.63 inches of rain fell between approximately 800 AM EST and 930 AM EST, with minor flooding.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindMitchell-Trees were blown down.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindMitchell-Trees and power lines were downed in Mitchell and other parts of the county.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindMitchell-Trees were downed.
May 2022HailMitchell-no account filed
June 2011HailMitchell-no account filed
June 2011HailMitchell-no account filed
June 2011HailMitchell-no account filed
April 2007HailMitchell-no account filed
April 2005HailMitchell-no account filed
May 2002HailMitchell-no account filed
April 2002HailMitchell-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindMitchell-no account filed
October 1993HailMitchell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Woodville1.7 miles17
Rabbitville2.5 miles17
Spring Mill Village2.5 miles17
Redding3.3 miles21
Yockey4.0 miles17
Rivervale4.7 miles17
Lawrenceport4.7 miles17
Tarry Park5.1 miles21

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 MitchellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2405497The 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 439292. 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.