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Sleeth, Indiana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46923. The Survey maps it on the Yeoman quadrangle.

Sleeth within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

166 words on this township

History of Carroll County Indiana, published 1916 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Jefferson Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 166 words.

Fires near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Sleeth between 2007 and 2008, burning about 8 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
Recreation and ceremony2
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
22 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 April 2008Recreation and ceremony7.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 March 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll 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 Sleeth: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Sulfur. 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
Delphi Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rider Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sphalerite Occurrence Z55Lead, Zinc, SulfurOccurrenceSphalerite

Every working recorded in Carroll County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sleeth in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 2 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
August 2009Thunderstorm WindSleeth$8,000Numerous trees were knocked down due to thunderstorm winds as the bow echo pushed across the area. Power lines due to trees laying on them.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindSleeth$3,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
February 2026HailSleeth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carroll 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
Yeoman1.3 miles8
Sandy Beach2.2 miles9
Richey Park2.6 miles9
Gingrich Addition2.6 miles9
Roth Park3.1 miles8
Lakewood3.4 miles9
Breezy Point3.5 miles9
Scarlet Oaks3.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 443603. 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.