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North Madison, Indiana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47250. It sits by Hanging Rock. The Survey maps it on the Clifty Falls quadrangle.

North Madison within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

15 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of North Madison between 2002 and 2010, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
25 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresBig Oaks National Wildlife RefugeHANOVER HILL
2 July 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 July 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 July 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
25 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 March 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 March 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of North Madison: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Indian Kentuck Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jefferson Co. Hwy. Dept.StoneProducer
Jefferson Plant No 3 Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

23 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Madison in 23 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 4 flash 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
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNorth Madison$50,000A trained spotter reported roof damage to a consignment shop.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNorth Madison$35,000A trained spotter reported severe thunderstorm wind damage to the awning over a fuel station.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNorth Madison$2,000A portion of a metal roof was ripped off by thunderstorm winds just northeast of Madison.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindNorth Madison$1,000Multiple trees were reported down.
April 2026Flash FloodNorth Madison-Clifty Drive closed at Cragmont Street due to water over the road.
July 2023HailNorth Madison-Quarter sized hail was observed on the north side of Madison.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNorth Madison-Trees and power lines were down.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindNorth Madison-Broadcast media reported an estimated wind gust of 52 knots.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindNorth Madison-The emergency manager reported trees down all over the county.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNorth Madison-Local law enforcement reported trees down in the area due to severe thunderstorm winds.
June 2015Flash FloodNorth Madison-A law enforcement official reported numerous streets flooded in the city of Madison due to torrential and intense rainfall.
July 2015Flash FloodNorth Madison-A broadcast media meteorologist relayed a report of numerous flooded and impassable roads due to 3 to 5 inches of rain.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNorth Madison-The Jefferson County emergency manager reported multiple trees fell down in the county due to severe thunderstorm winds.
July 2015Flash FloodNorth Madison-A Jefferson County law enforcement official reported numerous streets in Madison were flooded and impassable because of excessive rainfall. Widespread rain amounts of 4 to 5 inches were observed across the county.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNorth Madison-Thunderstorm winds knocked down at least two trees in Jefferson County. One was in Madison. The other fell in the northern portion of the county near Ripley County.
April 2013HailNorth Madison-A spotter reported one inch hail just north of Madison.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindNorth Madison-Large trees were blown down. Roof damage was reported along with a steeple blown off a church. An outbuilding was also destroyed.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindNorth Madison-Jefferson county dispatch reported a tree fell across a roadway in Madison.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindNorth Madison-A tree was blown down.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNorth Madison-Numerous trees were blown down at Clifty Fall State Park.
March 2024HailNorth Madison-no account filed
July 2018HailNorth Madison-no account filed
March 2011HailNorth Madison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Ringwald1.3 miles10
Madison2.4 miles17
Central3.4 miles9
Wirt Station3.8 miles10
Wirt4.2 miles10
Antioch Grange4.4 miles17
Smyrna4.6 miles10
Midway4.9 miles10

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 North MadisonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20709362The 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 440275. 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.