Wickliffe, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Patoka Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47116. The Survey maps it on the Birdseye quadrangle. It stands 725 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Birdseye quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Birdseye quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Birdseye quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Wickliffe between 1994 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BAILER |
| 27 June 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | LIGHTNING STRIKE |
| 23 April 2001 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | GOVERNOR'S TRACE |
| 16 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | RILEY |
| 9 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Hoosier National Forest | GOVERNOR'S TRACE |
| 7 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | TRESTLE ROAD FIRE |
| 24 March 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | not named |
| 23 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | LAMAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wickliffe: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckerty Mine | Stone | Producer | ||
| Eckerty Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wickliffe in 10 storm reports between 2003 and 2015: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2015 | Flash Flood | Wickliffe | - | An Indiana state official reported to the NWS that water was covering Wickcliffe Road near the Dearview campground. Due to the high water, the road was impassable. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Wickliffe | - | A Crawford County dispatcher reported that flash flooding and high water closed two roads, SR 164 at SR 145 and SR 145 at Deich Road. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Wickliffe | - | One inch diameter hail reported at the State Highway 145 intersection with the Crawford Orange County Road. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Wickliffe | - | Penny size hail reported in Wickliffe. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wickliffe | - | A trained storm spotter estimated a 70 mph wind gust. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wickliffe | - | Trees were downed. |
| January 2006 | Hail | Wickliffe | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Wickliffe | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Wickliffe | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wickliffe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riceville | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Eckerty | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Taswell | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mifflin | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Brownstown | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Tunnel Hill | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| English | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Grantsburg | 10.7 miles | 14 |
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 Wickliffe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7998414 | 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 451625. 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.







