Pinola, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Scipio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46350. The Survey maps it on the LaPorte West quadrangle. It stands 843 feet above sea level.
On record in Pinola
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
James and Lavinia Forrester Farmsteadlisted 2017 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS La Porte West quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS La Porte West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Pinola in 2008, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 April 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 25 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 20 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pinola: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laporte City Eng. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Satoski Marl Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinola in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinola | $25,000 | Large tree down onto a car. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinola | $25,000 | Trained spotters reported a semi was rolled over on State route 2 west of Laporte. Also the Laporte hospital suffered some signage damage. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinola | - | The public reported a large tree was split. Unknown on exact size. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinola | - | Cornfield damage. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinola | - | Trained spotters reported power poles and large trees down in the area. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Pinola | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durham | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Door Village | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Summit | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| South LaPorte | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pinhook | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| LaPorte | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Holmesville | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Magee | 5.3 miles | 12 |
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 Pinola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7196398 | 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 450468. 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.




