BlockPeoria, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Butler Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46970. The Survey maps it on the Peoria quadrangle. It stands 709 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Peoria in 2003, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peoria in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2012: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peoria | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peoria | - | Emergency management officials reported State Road 125, five miles east of Peru, was close due to power lines down onto the road. Several power poles were also down on Business 31 south, resulting in road closure. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakley | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Missisinewa (historical) | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| New Santa Fe | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Santa Fe | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Park View Heights | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| South Peru | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Erie | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Oakdale | 6.0 miles | 13 |
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 Peoria | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7166115 | 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 441011. 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.
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.