Riceville, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Patoka Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47513. The Survey maps it on the Birdseye quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Birdseye quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Birdseye quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Birdseye quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Riceville between 1994 and 2014, burning about 125 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BAILER |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | KEMP FIRE |
| 21 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Hoosier National Forest | HASKINS |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | DOOLITTLE MILLS |
| 6 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | ANDERSON VALLEY |
| 27 June 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | LIGHTNING STRIKE |
| 3 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Hoosier National Forest | REDBUD FIRE |
| 23 April 2001 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | GOVERNOR'S TRACE |
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 Riceville: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckerty Mine | Stone | Producer | ||
| Eckerty Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riceville in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Riceville | - | State officials reported high water across State Road 64 just east of Riceville Road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riceville | - | Local Emergency Management reported trees down along Indiana State Highway 64 near its intersection with Hardscrabble Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eckerty | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Wickliffe | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Taswell | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Mifflin | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Tunnel Hill | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Brownstown | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| West Fork | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Grantsburg | 10.7 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.
| Wikidata item Q18390295 | 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 451388. 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.







