BlockSparksville, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Carr Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47260. It lies near Steward Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Medora quadrangle. It stands 564 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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 Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Medora quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Sparksville in 1999, burning about 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 November 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Hoosier National Forest | PROSPECT |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sparksville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medora Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sparksville in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2013: 4 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sparksville | $10,000 | Damaging thunderstorm wind gusts caused downed flag poles, shingles to be blown off a roof, and 4 inch diameter trees to be downed. |
| January 2008 | Flood | Sparksville | $10,000 | Flooding occurred on the East Fork White River in Jackson County, including near Sparksville, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| February 2008 | Flood | Sparksville | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the East Fork White River in Jackson County, including near Sparksville, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Sparksville | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the East Fork White River in Jackson County, including near Sparksville, due to heavy rain and snow melt. Flooding continued until April 17th at 07:00. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Sparksville | - | Flooding occurred along the East Fork White River in Jackson County, including near Sparksville, due to heavy rain and snow melt. This flooding is a continuation from flooding that began on March 3rd. March flood damage estimates are around ten thousand dollars. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weddleville | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Medora | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Petersburg (historical) | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasantville | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Vallonia | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Clear Spring | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Wegan | 12.0 miles | 13 | |
| Ewing | 12.1 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 Sparksville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7573722 | 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 443912. 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.