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White Cloud, Indiana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47112. It stands on Hickman Branch. The Survey maps it on the Corydon West quadrangle. It stands 456 feet above sea level.

White Cloud within Harrison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of White Cloud between 2001 and 2017, burning about 87 acres 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 ceremony1
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
10 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined76 acresHoosier National ForestJENNY HOLLOW
28 March 2001Smoking4.0 acresHoosier National ForestWYANDOTTE
16 February 2002Recreation and ceremony7.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of White Cloud: 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Corydon Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fluorite Occurrence #2Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Fluorite Occurrence #2Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Harrison County

Storms near this place

7 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Cloud in 7 storm reports between 2006 and 2018: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWhite Cloud-Many large trees were reported down through out Harrison County, Indiana.
May 2017HailWhite Cloud-The hail nearly covered the ground.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWhite Cloud-A spotter reported that numerous trees were downed along Highway 62 between Corydon and Leavenworth.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWhite Cloud-An NWS storm survey confirmed straight line wind damage with winds up to 70 mph across Crawford and Harrison counties. Numerous trees were damaged and two houses lost siding, shingles, and eaves. Sheet metal was blown off of a barn. Most of the damage was found along Indiana 62.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindWhite Cloud-The Harrison County Emergency Manager reported a few trees down along Harrison Springs Road.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindWhite Cloud-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
April 2006HailWhite Cloud-Hail covered the ground.

Every storm recorded in Harrison 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
Moberly3.0 miles14
Wynnsboro (historical)4.4 miles14
Dixie4.7 miles22
Little Saint Louis5.2 miles14
Corydon5.5 miles21
Hillcrest5.9 miles21
Frenchtown6.0 miles14
Harrison Grange (historical)6.5 miles21

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 White CloudAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7994572The 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 449745. 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.