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Smyrna, Indiana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Smyrna Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47250. The Survey maps it on the Clifty Falls quadrangle.

Smyrna within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

12 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Smyrna between 2002 and 2010, burning about 17 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 ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
15 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresBig Oaks National Wildlife RefugeHANOVER HILL
2 July 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 July 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
25 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 March 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 March 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
17 February 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Smyrna: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Jefferson Plant No 3 Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

8 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smyrna in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
January 2012Tornado (EF0)Smyrna$40,000A person witnessed a weak tornado that damaged an airplane and a hanger at the Madison Municipal County Airport. Damage occurred along IMS Lane. A 500 pound dumpster was moved 35 feet. A Beechcraft twin engine plane was rotated 10 degrees, losing its nose gear in the process. The airport operations building had a disabled awning. A portion of a hanger's siding came off with some siding and insulation found in trees. Several trees were toppled. Maximum winds were estimated to be 85 mph.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindSmyrna$15,000A microburst just east of an observed tornado damaged several buildings along Clifty Drive, which is located just east of the Madison Municipal County Airport. A carport at a residence on Long Way was thrown across the street. Farther east, significant roof damage was noted to the main building of the Clifty Engineering and Tool Company in the 2900 block of Clifty Drive. Additional roof damage occurred to a storage building next to the main building. A tree was toppled. This microburst had estimated winds of 90 to 95 mph and developed over an area of 150 by 75 yards.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindSmyrna$10,000The Jefferson County emergency manager relayed a report of damage to some shingles and siding of a home northwest of Madison. a few metallic objects were thrown hundreds of feet. Trees were toppled near the intersection of Chicken Run and Borcherding Roads.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSmyrna-Multiple trees were blown down by strong winds along Deputy Pike Road.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindSmyrna-Power lines were down near Smyrna.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSmyrna-There was a tree over Chicken Run Road.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSmyrna-Measured at the Madison Airport.
March 2024HailSmyrna-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Neavill Grove1.6 miles8
Volga2.0 miles8
Wirt2.4 miles10
Midway2.6 miles10
Wirt Station3.0 miles10
Antioch Grange3.1 miles17
Lancaster4.0 miles8
Calloway Station (historical)4.1 miles10

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 SmyrnaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20709380The 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 443716. 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.