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River Haven, Indiana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46803. The Survey maps it on the Fort Wayne East quadrangle.

River Haven within Allen County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

In the county-history sources

8,526 words on this township

History of Allen County, Indiana., published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Adams Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Adams Township - 8,526 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of River Haven in 2006, burning about 50 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
10 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allen County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of River Haven: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Irving Gravel Co., Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Midwest Aggregates Pit 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nail Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Allen County

Storms near this place

4 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names River Haven in 4 storm reports between 2020 and 2022: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2022Thunderstorm WindRiver Haven-The public reported trees were either uprooted or snapped.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindRiver Haven-Tree damage was reported via mPING.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRiver Haven-A large tree was uprooted.
March 2022HailRiver Haven-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Allen 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
Sunnymede Woods1.1 miles13
Meadowbrook1.4 miles13
New Haven2.2 miles13
Maplewood Park2.6 miles13
Tanglewood2.7 miles13
Dwenger Field2.8 miles13
Hacienda Village3.0 miles13
Fairfax3.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 442071. 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.