Nevada Mills, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Jamestown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46703. The Survey maps it on the Angola West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1941 USGS Angola West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Angola West quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Angola West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Angola West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
8,705 words on this townshipHistory of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jamestown Township covers position, geography and topography, lakes, first settlers, first land entries, going to mill under difficulties.
Read the chapter on Jamestown Township - 8,705 words.
Fires near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Nevada Mills in 2019, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRONSON FD 0000097 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAKELAND VFD 0019033 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Nevada Mills: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garman Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rice Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| State Line Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nevada Mills in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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 2009 | Flood | Nevada Mills | $250,000 | Spotters and emergency management officials reported several areas in and around the Lake Pleasant area seeing flooding as the lake went out of its banks in many areas. This was the result of around four inches of rain falling across the area. Exact damage estimates were not available, but are estimated at $250,000. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevada Mills | $5,000 | Trees are down around Lake Pleasant. Some smaller structures damaged as well. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevada Mills | $1,000 | Tree limbs down between Lane 230 and CR 450 W near Jimmerson Lake. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevada Mills | - | Amateur radio operators reported a tree down onto power lines east of Orland. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevada Mills | - | Emergency management officials reported a tree was blown down just south of Highway 120. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevada Mills | - | Emergency management officials reported trees and debris on US 120 between 300 West and 450 West. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nevada Mills | - | A trained spotter reported a tree down onto a house in the Lake Gage area. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Nevada Mills | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Panama | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Lake James | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Potawatomi Inn | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Jamestown | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Crooked Lake | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Valley Outlet Center | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Glen Eden | 4.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 440012. 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.






