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Needmore, Indiana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Marshall Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47421. It stands on Gulletts Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oolitic quadrangle. It stands 673 feet above sea level.

Needmore within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Needmore between 2002 and 2018, burning about 17 acres 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
Debris and open burning5
Other causes1
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
24 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestCHAPEL HILL SOUTH
21 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestTHE WOODS
11 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresHoosier National ForestVALLEY MISSION
31 March 2014Other causes3.5 acresHoosier National ForestKENTUCKY HOLLOW
17 March 2005Debris and open burning8.0 acresHoosier National ForestMAPLE RIDGE FIRE
18 February 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestBRIARWOOD
12 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresHoosier National ForestCOVEYVILLE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Needmore: 10 producers, 9 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Lawrence Co. Hwy. Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Fluorite OccurrenceFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite
Baalbeck QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Number 3 Needmore QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Bedford Ground Limestone PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bedford Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sieboldt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dark Hollow QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Dickenson PlantLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Diehl Hollow QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Needmore in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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
June 2009LightningNeedmore$15,000The Bedford Daily Times Mail reported that thunderstorm lightning sparked a house fire on Old Indiana 37 just north of Oolitic. Some electrical damage was noted in the home. The time and location of this event are estimated.
January 2013FloodNeedmore$500Salt Creek was within six inches of running over Peerless Road due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. Additionally, Clear Creek on either side of State Route 37 is at least four feet deep in fields.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindNeedmore-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
Avoca1.4 miles22
Peerless1.4 miles22
Logan1.6 miles22
Murdock1.7 miles22
Thornton1.7 miles22
Oolitic1.8 miles22
Patton Hill1.9 miles22
East Oolitic2.2 miles22

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 NeedmoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6986662The 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 451269. 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.