BlockSpringville, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Springfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46350. The Survey maps it on the Springville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Springville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Springville in 2008, burning about 5 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 April 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 25 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 20 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springville in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Springville | 1 hurt, $40,000 | A patrol car was picked up and thrown over a fence approximately 150 feet. The officer seen the tornado, attemped to get out of the car, but winds prevented her from exiting. She suffered cuts and brusies, but no serious injuries. In addition, numerous trees were uprooted or snapped off along the path. 2 homes suffered damage in the area as well. |
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Springville | $40,000 | This tornado was the first of 2 to affect northeastern Laporte county. Touchdown occurred just east of Range Road and north of US 20 in the Rangewood subdivision. A barn was destroyed with several trees snapped or uprooted in the area. Two homes sustained damage, mainly from falling trees or tree limbs. No injuries or fatalities have been reported. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springville | - | Emergency management officials reported several trees and large tree limbs down in the city of Springville. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springville | - | The public reported Indiana 39, between US 20 and the Michigan state line being closed due to downed trees ans well as snapped utility poles. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springville | - | A trained spotter estimated winds to 70 mph. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springville | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springville | - | A trained spotter reported a small tree was blown down. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springville | - | Law enforcement officials reported a large tree limb down at Fail Road and US 20. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Springville | - | A large tree was reported blown down on 400 W near Highway 20. |
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.
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 Springville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7581233 | 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 444019. 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.