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Talma, Indiana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Newcastle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46975. It stands on Yellow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Argos quadrangle. It stands 774 feet above sea level.

Talma within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 11 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.

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Talma in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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
March 2009FloodTalma$200,000Numerous roads were flooded with standing water ranging from six inches to a few feet in depth. Flooding occurred along the Tippecanoe River which flows through the northern part of the county. Little Yellow Creek, which is fed by the Tippecanoe River, rose dramatically over a 24 hour period as rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were observed. This high water resulted in a portion of County Road 825 East, north of County Road 600 North, being washed out, roughly 12 feet deep. The road gave way under a SUV that was traveling along the road. This SUV made it across, but a second SUV behind this first did not and got wedged in the opening. The father of the female driver attempted to rescue his daughter and 2 grandchildren, but was swept about 50 yards downstream before grabbing onto branch. He stood up in the water on a log for about 20 minutes and was rescued with no serious injuries.
April 2026HailTalma-Facebook report of nickel size hail in far northeast Fulton County southwest of Mentone.
June 2009HailTalma-Several reports were received at local television stations of hail ranging from pea size to larger than softballs. The hail fell for up to 20 minutes in some locations.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindTalma-Several large trees and tree limbs were blown down.
June 2008HailTalma-no account filed
June 2008HailTalma-no account filed
April 1999HailTalma-no account filed
June 1998HailTalma-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Tiosa3.7 miles11
Athens6.9 miles11
Richland Center7.2 miles10
Rochester7.5 miles11
Big Hill8.2 miles11
Mount Zion9.7 miles11
Akron9.8 miles11
Pershing10.5 miles9

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 TalmaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7680222The 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 444555. 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.

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.