Town of Pines, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Pine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46360. The Survey maps it on the Michigan City West quadrangle. 594 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 627 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTown of Pines fell from 708 to 594 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 708 | |
| 2020 | 594 | -114 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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
- 1953 USGS Michigan City West quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Michigan City West quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Michigan City West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Michigan City West quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,471 words on this townshipCounties of Porter and Lake, Indiana : Historical and Biographical, published 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Pine Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Pine Township - 3,471 words.
Fires near this place
161 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Town of Pines between 1992 and 2020, burning about 147 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | ALDER |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | BEV SHOR 4 |
| 7 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | TAB FIRE |
| 6 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | GROUNDFIRE |
| 6 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | TRASH PIT |
| 30 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | CENTRAL POLE |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | HANDCREW |
| 28 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | W. BALDY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Town of Pines: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan City Eng. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Brown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sheridan Ave Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Town of Pines in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Town Of Pines | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Town Of Pines | - | Tree damage in and near the Town of Pines was caused by a microburst. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Town Of Pines | - | Wind driven hail caused damage to vehicles in and near the Town of Pines. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Town Of Pines | - | Trees were blown down across a road in Town Of Pines. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Shores | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Furnessville | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Tremont | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Brummitt Acres | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Burdick | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Graham Woods | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Wake Robin Fields | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Morgan Park | 6.8 miles | 17 |
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 Town of Pines | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q924962 | 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 444832. 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.






