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Valeene, Indiana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Southeast Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47125. It stands on Fudge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Valeene quadrangle.

Valeene within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

18 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Valeene between 1999 and 2014, burning about 36 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 burning11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHoosier National ForestLITTLE AFRICA
30 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoosier National ForestBEECHGROVE
11 May 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoosier National ForestPINE VALLEY
21 April 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresHoosier National ForestREMC FIRE
25 March 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHoosier National ForestBACON
19 March 2006Debris and open burning2.5 acresHoosier National ForestHILLTOP FIRE
17 March 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestVAHALLA
11 March 2014Debris and open burning3.3 acresHoosier National ForestSOUTHEAST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

13 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valeene in 13 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2011Thunderstorm WindValeene$10,000Straight line wind damage was reported at 3 separate points north of Valeene. About 2 miles northwest of Valeene an outbuilding was destroyed and a large cedar tree was uprooted. The cedar tree broke an electric pole and pulled wires down to the ground.
May 2022HailValeene-There was quarter to half dollar sized hail near Valeene.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindValeene-Local law enforcement reported trees down in the area.
March 2012HailValeene-The half-dollar sized hail reported from the Emergency Manager came from the second of two supercells that crossed the county.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindValeene-A trained spotter reported trees were blown down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindValeene-A barn was destroyed.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindValeene-Several trees were downed around Valeene.
September 2009Flash FloodValeene-Two to four inches of water was flowing over Valeene Road, closing the road for a time.
June 2002HailValeene-There was also a wind gust estimated at 50 mph.
April 2026HailValeene-no account filed
April 2006HailValeene-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindValeene-no account filed
November 2005Thunderstorm WindValeene-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange 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
Pearsontown1.3 miles15
Bacon2.7 miles15
Pine Valley3.8 miles15
Trotter Crossing5.3 miles11
Rego5.3 miles15
Fargo5.3 miles15
Chambersburg5.5 miles14
Youngs Creek5.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451594. 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.