Tremont, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Westchester Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46304. It lies near Mount Jackson. The Survey maps it on the Dune Acres quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Porter quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Porter quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Dune Acres quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Dune Acres quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Dune Acres quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
16,139 words on this townshipCounties of Porter and Lake, Indiana : Historical and Biographical, published 1882; History of Porter County, Indiana : a Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests, published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Westchester Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Westchester Township - 16,139 words.
Fires near this place
239 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Tremont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 263 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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 | 70 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Fireworks | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | TREMONT STUMP |
| 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 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | STEEL FIRE |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | HANDCREW |
| 26 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | BARN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tremont: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tremont in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tremont | - | A tree was blown down at Indiana Dunes State Park. |
| July 2011 | Flood | Tremont | - | Indiana Dunes State Park campsites were flooded with two to three inches of standing water. Roads were covered with three to four inches of water. Park officials measured a storm total of 4.0 inches of rainfall. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tremont | - | Several 8 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down at Indiana Dunes State Park. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furnessville | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Dune Acres | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Graham Woods | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Dune Acres Station | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Brummitt Acres | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Wake Robin Fields | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Morgan Park | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Porter | 2.8 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 444870. 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.







