BlockSolitude, Indiana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lynn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47620. It stands on Olive Creek. The Survey maps it on the Solitude quadrangle. It stands 374 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1903 USGS New Harmony quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Patoka quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS New Harmony quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS New Harmony quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Solitude quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Solitude quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
19,483 words on this townshipHistory of Posey County, Indiana : from the Earliest Times to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. : Together with an Extended History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana, published 1886 names this settlement in its chapter on Lynn Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Bebdlion, when he enlisted in Company H, Ninety-first Indiana Infantry, and served eight months, when he returned home. In Jebruary, 186S, he re-enlisted, this time in Company K, One Hundred and Eorty-fourth Indiana Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He flat-boated for some time on the river, and in 1866 married Matilda Noble, born in 1843, daughter of Louis and Christina (Smith) Noble. To Mr. and Mrs. Kivett were born five children: Inez, Enos, Eunice, Earnest and Birdest. Both husband and wife are members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Kivett is a Republican. He is quite well off, financially, owning 162 acres of good land.
Passage source: History of Posey County, Indiana : from the Earliest Times to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. : Together with an Extended History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana, published 1886.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Solitude between 2003 and 2004, burning about 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 February 2004 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 13 December 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Solitude in 1 storm report in 2009: 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Solitude | $4,000 | Trees were blown down between New Harmony and Solitude, closer to Solitude. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmersville | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Springfield | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Erwin | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Grafton | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Bufkin | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Oliver | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Dead Mans Crossing | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Savah | 4.2 miles | 21 |
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 Solitude | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7558275 | 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 443755. 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.