Sanders, Indiana
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47401. The Survey maps it on the Clear Creek quadrangle. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
On record in Sanders
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 1 record
- Tate-Tatum Farmlisted 2020
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 27 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.
- 1908 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:48000
- 1910 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Clear Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Clear Creek quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1999 USGS Clear Creek quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
8,019 words on this township1884 History of Monroe County Indiana, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Perry Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Perry Township - 8,019 words.
Fires near this place
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Sanders between 1998 and 2018, burning about 45 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 July 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 June 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Hoosier National Forest | KNIGHT RIDGE |
| 4 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | TRAILER |
| 29 April 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | CAMPSITE 47 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Sanders: 12 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Stone Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| 4-R Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Acme Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Adams Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Ashtone Mill | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Beck Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Buffalo Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Independent Limestone Company | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Maple Hill Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Monarch Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sanders in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 1 hail, 1 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanders | $40,000 | A pole barn was destroyed, a dump truck tipped over, and numerous large trees were snapped and uprooted due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Sanders | - | Golf ball sized hail fell at Lakeview Elementary School. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithville | 0.7 miles | 27 | |
| Handy | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Clear Creek | 2.5 miles | 27 | |
| Sunny Slopes | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| Victor | 3.8 miles | 27 | |
| Broadview | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| Garden Acres | 4.6 miles | 27 | |
| Harrodsburg | 4.9 miles | 27 |
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 Sanders | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7416133 | 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 442994. 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.










