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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.

Orleans within Orange County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Orleans 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,142
20202,108-34 (-2%)

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

6 since 2001

Regional 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/incendiarism3
Natural1
Debris and open burning1
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
17 July 2013Naturalunder an acreHoosier National ForestTOWER HILL
9 March 2001Smoking4.0 acresHoosier National ForestSIXTY
29 February 2004Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresHoosier National ForestLOST ROVER FIRE
28 February 2004Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresHoosier National ForestSILVERTON FIRE
15 February 2002Arson/incendiarism30 acresHoosier National ForestLIBERTY 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 Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Orleans QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

17 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Thunderstorm WindOrleans-Trees blew down along Highway 337 in Orleans.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindOrleans-A spotter estimated that 50 to 60 mph winds downed numerous branches up to 2 inches in diameter.
April 2008FloodOrleans-State highway 337 was closed. Many creeks and streams in the county were at bank full.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindOrleans-Power lines were downed.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindOrleans-Numerous trees were downed.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindOrleans-Trees and power lines were downed.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindOrleans-Trees and power lines down
April 2006HailOrleans-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindOrleans-no account filed
June 2006HailOrleans-no account filed
June 2006HailOrleans-no account filed
June 2002HailOrleans-no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindOrleans-no account filed
September 2002Thunderstorm WindOrleans-no account filed
April 1998HailOrleans-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindOrleans-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindOrleans-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange 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
Lost River3.8 miles14
Leipsic4.4 miles13
Woodlawn Grove5.8 miles14
Syria5.8 miles14
Orangeville5.9 miles14
Pumpkin Center6.8 miles11
Turleys7.3 miles15
Braxtons Siding7.3 miles14

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 OrleansAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3293461The 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.