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Roland, Indiana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1993. It stands in French Lick Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47469. It stands on Sams Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hillham quadrangle.

Roland within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

18 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Roland between 2000 and 2020, burning about 86 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 April 2005Recreation and ceremony10 acresHoosier National ForestROLAND FIRE
2 April 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHoosier National ForestROLAND POWER FIRE
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresHoosier National ForestSTEVENS SAWMILL
28 March 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestGOLF BALL
24 March 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresHoosier National ForestWEST BADEN RESTART
24 March 2001Debris and open burning15 acresHoosier National ForestSCARLET
17 March 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresHoosier National ForestSTEVENS FIRE
14 March 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHoosier National ForestMILL ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Roland: 26 occurrences, 6 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Opening No. 11IronOccurrence
Opening No. 12IronOccurrence
Opening No. 12IronProspect
Opening No. 19IronOccurrence
Opening No. 19IronProspect
Opening No. 20IronOccurrence
Opening No. 20IronProspect
Opening No. 8IronOccurrence
Opening No. 8IronProspect
Opening No. 9.IronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roland in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2013: 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
April 2013HailRoland-A spotter reported 1 inch hail 4 miles northwest of French Lick.
April 2013HailRoland-A spotter reported one inch hail near French Lick.
April 2011Tornado (EF2)Roland-An NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-2 tornado near Roland with estimated wind speeds of up to 115 mph. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped in a convergent pattern. In one concentrated spot two dozen trees were snapped off. A house had its windows blown in on its southwest side. A well constructed cabin lost some shingles. A very well constructed large barn lost its metal roof, which was wrapped into tree tops 200 yards downwind. A wood outbuilding was destroyed. Straight line winds increased the total damage path width to about 0.6 mile.

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
Prospect3.8 miles15
West Baden Springs4.3 miles15
Scarlet4.4 miles18
French Lick4.6 miles15
Hindostan6.4 miles14
Bonds6.5 miles18
Abydel6.6 miles15
Norton7.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 442258. 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.