Orleans, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Orleans Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47452. The Survey maps it on the Mitchell quadrangle. 2,108 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 633 feet above sea level.
On record in Orleans
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 4 records
Jenkins Placelisted 2010
Lynd Schoollisted 2002
Orleans Historic Districtlisted 2009- Shindler-Stetson Houselisted 2021
Population over time
2 figuresOrleans fell from 2,142 to 2,108 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,142 | |
| 2020 | 2,108 | -34 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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 Mitchell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Orleans between 2001 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | TOWER HILL |
| 9 March 2001 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SIXTY |
| 29 February 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | LOST ROVER FIRE |
| 28 February 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SILVERTON FIRE |
| 15 February 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Hoosier National Forest | LIBERTY FIRE |
| 19 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Indiana Division of Forestry | FLEENOR ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Orleans: 1 producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orleans Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orleans in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | Trees blew down along Highway 337 in Orleans. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | A spotter estimated that 50 to 60 mph winds downed numerous branches up to 2 inches in diameter. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Orleans | - | State highway 337 was closed. Many creeks and streams in the county were at bank full. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | Power lines were downed. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | Numerous trees were downed. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | Trees and power lines down |
| April 2006 | Hail | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost River | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Leipsic | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Woodlawn Grove | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Syria | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Orangeville | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Pumpkin Center | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Turleys | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Braxtons Siding | 7.3 miles | 14 |
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 Orleans | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3293461 | 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 440701. 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.







