Simonton Lake, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Osolo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46514. The Survey maps it on the Adamsville quadrangle. 4,710 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 787 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSimonton Lake grew from 4,678 to 4,710 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,678 | |
| 2020 | 4,710 | +32 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1948 USGS Vandalia quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Vandalia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Adamsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Simonton Lake between 2019 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SEPSA FIRE AUTHORITY 487 - 2019 |
| 31 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SEPSA FIRE AUTHORITY 408 - 2020 |
| 5 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EDWARDSBURG FD 0000072 - 2019 |
| 2 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SEPSA FIRE AUTHORITY 215 - 2020 |
| 8 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SEPSA FIRE AUTHORITY 182 - 2019 |
| 7 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SEPSA FIRE AUTHORITY 161 - 2020 |
| 7 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SEPSA FIRE AUTHORITY 178 - 2019 |
| 28 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SEPSA FIRE AUTHORITY 155 - 2019 |
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 Simonton Lake: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunterlake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Riegsecker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Simonton Lake in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simonton Lake | $30,000 | Numerous reports of trees and powerlines down in and around Simonton Lake. Additionally, a home lost some siding and Wakeside Marina sustained damage sustained damage to the north side of the building. |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simonton Lake | $10,000 | TREES FELL ON ELECTRICAL LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simonton Lake | $5,500 | Numerous trees were downed, including one onto a house. |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simonton Lake | $5,000 | DOZENS OF TREES UPROOTED ACROSS NORTHERN OSOLO TOWNSHIP. |
| July 2023 | Heavy Rain | Simonton Lake | - | A 48 hour rainfall total of 6.25 inches. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simonton Lake | - | Three to six inch diameter tree limbs down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simonton Lake | - | Three to six inch diameter tree limbs down in northern Elkhart. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simonton Lake | - | A mature pine tree around 18 inches in diameter was uprooted. Relayed by WSBT via Twitter. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simonton Lake | - | Numerous reports of trees and power lines down across the northern portion of county, especially north of US 20. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simonton Lake | - | The public reported a tree was blown down with some damage to a canopy on a home. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simonton Lake | - | Local media reported several large tree branches were blown down in the area. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simonton Lake | - | Local media reported trees and tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simonton Lake | - | Local media reported at least five trees were blown down, some impacting fences and structures. At least one home had a large tree fall onto the roof, causing extensive damage. No damage estimate is available. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Simonton Lake | - | The public reported hail up to the size of half dollars fell for 5 to 10 minutes. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simonton Lake | - | Reports were received from the public of several eight inch or larger diameter tree branches down in the area of Menards on Windsor Avenue. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simonton Lake | - | A local newspaper reported that several trees and tree limbs were down in front of the Osolo Township Fire Department. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simonton Lake | - | Tree branches were reported blown down by the public south of the Indiana Toll Road, between County Roads 15 and 19. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Simonton Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Simonton Lake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenleaf Manor | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| East Lake Estates | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Elkhart | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Garden Village | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Nibbyville | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| De Camp Gardens | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Dunlap | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Jamestown | 8.6 miles | 13 |
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 Simonton Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2093417 | 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 452104. 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.





