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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.

Tobinsport within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

Fires near this place

21 since 1999

Regional 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoosier National ForestWALTRIP
19 April 2016Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryINDIAN LAKE
13 April 2001Debris and open burning11 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresHoosier National ForestSUPERFOOT'S NEIGHBOR
18 March 2010Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 March 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresHoosier National ForestTOBINSPORT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cloverport RoadcutSilicaProspect
Cloverport Sand CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cloverport Pit & PlantClayPast Producer
Roadcut ShaleClayProspect

Every working recorded in Perry County

Storms near this place

1 since 2002

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2002Tornado (F2)Tobinsport12 hurt, $800,000Five 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.

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Lauer2.6 miles14
Dodd4.2 miles17
Hardingrove6.2 miles14
Cannelton7.1 miles17
Rome7.7 miles14
Fenn Haven8.4 miles22
Tell City9.8 miles22
Lilly Dale11.0 miles14

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 TobinsportAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7811702The 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.