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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.

Wickliffe within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

26 since 1994

Regional 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 burning11
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHoosier National ForestBAILER
27 June 2001Naturalunder an acreHoosier National ForestLIGHTNING STRIKE
23 April 2001Smoking3.0 acresHoosier National ForestGOVERNOR'S TRACE
16 April 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresHoosier National ForestRILEY
9 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresHoosier National ForestGOVERNOR'S TRACE
7 March 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestTRESTLE ROAD FIRE
24 March 1994Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresHoosier National Forestnot named
23 March 2003Debris and open burning8.0 acresHoosier National ForestLAMAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Eckerty MineStoneProducer
Eckerty QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

10 since 2003

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Flash FloodWickliffe-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 2015Flash FloodWickliffe-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 2009HailWickliffe-One inch diameter hail reported at the State Highway 145 intersection with the Crawford Orange County Road.
June 2008HailWickliffe-Penny size hail reported in Wickliffe.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindWickliffe-A trained storm spotter estimated a 70 mph wind gust.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindWickliffe-Trees were downed.
January 2006HailWickliffe-no account filed
April 2006HailWickliffe-no account filed
June 2006HailWickliffe-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindWickliffe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Riceville3.3 miles13
Eckerty3.7 miles13
Taswell4.9 miles13
Mifflin6.9 miles13
Brownstown7.4 miles15
Tunnel Hill7.4 miles13
English9.7 miles14
Grantsburg10.7 miles14

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 WickliffeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7998414The 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.