BlockUniondale, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46791. The Survey maps it on the Uniondale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Uniondale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Uniondale in 2002, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Uniondale in 14 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uniondale | $120,000 | Straight line winds damaged an empty 50,000 bushel steel galvanized grain bin and a smaller grain bin had a few of its legs twisted 1 mile northeast of Markle. Damage was estimated around $100,000. The storm continued on to the northeast, destroying a 40 foot by 60 foot 2 year old pole barn valued at roughly $20,000. Parts of the pole barn were found a half mile away. Some minor roof damage also occurred to an adjacent house. |
| July 2001 | Lightning | Uniondale | $25,000 | Fire caused by lightning strike gutted 2nd story of wood frame house. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uniondale | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down in and around Uniondale and Markle. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uniondale | $8,000 | Shingles were removed from an old barn as a result of the 61 mph wind gust. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uniondale | - | A large tree limb was reported blown down. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Uniondale | - | A trained spotter reported hail to the size of a half dollar. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Uniondale | - | A trained spotter reported hail to the size of ping pong balls. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uniondale | - | A mesonet station recorded a wind gust to 64 mph. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uniondale | - | Amateur radio operators estimated a 65 mph wind gust in Uniondale. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Uniondale | - | Dime size hail fell in the town of Markle on the Huntington and Wells County Line. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Uniondale | - | Trained spotter reported over one foot of water in streets near Uniondale. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Uniondale | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Uniondale | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Uniondale | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsland | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Murray | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Greenwood | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| North Oaks | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Ossian | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Rockford | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Zanesville | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Toll Gate Heights | 6.5 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 445136. 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.
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.