Stemm, Indiana
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Marshall Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47421. The Survey maps it on the Oolitic quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Stemm between 1992 and 2018, burning about 97 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 were 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 | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | STAR |
| 5 July 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 3 May 2014 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Hoosier National Forest | RAMSEY RIDGE |
| 24 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | CHAPEL HILL SOUTH |
| 21 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | THE WOODS |
| 2 April 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30 acres | Hoosier National Forest | POWERLINE FIRE |
| 11 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | VALLEY MISSION |
| 7 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | CHAPEL HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Stemm: 5 past producers, 5 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number 3 Needmore Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Sieboldt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sphalerite Occurrence Z70 | Lead, Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sphalerite | |
| Dark Hollow Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Diehl Hollow Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Elliott Stone Company, Inc. | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Guthrie Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Joyner Plant | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Klondike Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| P.M. and B. Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stemm in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 funnel cloud. 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 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Stemm | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451658. 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.









