Siberia, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47515. The Survey maps it on the Bristow quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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 Bristow quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Bristow quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Siberia between 1993 and 2014, burning about 166 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | I-64 |
| 6 August 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | I-64 |
| 6 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | ANDERSON VALLEY |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BEARD CEMETARY FIRE |
| 3 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Hoosier National Forest | REDBUD FIRE |
| 18 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | U-38 |
| 11 April 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Hoosier National Forest | not named |
| 10 April 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | POWER BRANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Siberia in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2022: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Hail | Siberia | - | There was quarter size hail on Interstate 64 near Mile Marker 70. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Siberia | - | Law enforcement reported water running over Highway 145 south of Birdseye. |
| February 2008 | Flash Flood | Siberia | - | Parts of State Highway 145 north of Interstate 64 were closed due to high water. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Siberia | - | Numerous trees and limbs were blown down. An amateur radio operator estimated a 65 mph wind gust. |
| September 2001 | Hail | Siberia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitterman Corners | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Adyeville | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Fosters Ridge | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Uniontown | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sassafras | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Josephs Shrine | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Bristow | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Doolittle Mills | 7.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451460. 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.
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.






