Tobinsport, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Tobin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47520. The Survey maps it on the Cloverport quadrangle. It stands 400 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1934 USGS Cannelton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cloverport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Cloverport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Tobinsport between 1999 and 2016, burning about 413 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | WALTRIP |
| 19 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | INDIAN LAKE |
| 13 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SUPERFOOT'S NEIGHBOR |
| 18 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | TOBINSPORT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Tobinsport: 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloverport Roadcut | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Cloverport Sand Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cloverport Pit & Plant | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Roadcut Shale | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tobinsport in 1 storm report in 2002: 1 tornado. The reports record 12 injuries. 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 2002 | Tornado (F2) | Tobinsport | 12 hurt, $800,000 | Five homes were destroyed. Five mobile homes were destroyed. Four other homes had damage. The roof was torn off a church. Numerous trees were uprooted and many outbuildings were destroyed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lauer | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Dodd | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hardingrove | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Cannelton | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Rome | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fenn Haven | 8.4 miles | 22 | |
| Tell City | 9.8 miles | 22 | |
| Lilly Dale | 11.0 miles | 14 |
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 Tobinsport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7811702 | 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 444792. 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.







