Windom, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Lost River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47581. It stands on Grassy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rusk quadrangle. It stands 472 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Rusk quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Rusk quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Rusk quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Windom between 2001 and 2020, burning about 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | WINDOM |
| 11 March 2001 | Smoking | 17 acres | Hoosier National Forest | WEST BADEN POND |
| 10 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | WEST BADEN TRASH |
| 10 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | WAGGONER CHAPEL |
| 8 February 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | RUSK FIRE |
| 19 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | CANARY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 53 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Windom: 34 occurrences, 17 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opening No. 11 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Opening No. 12 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Opening No. 12 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Opening No. 13 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Opening No. 13 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Opening No. 17 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Opening No. 17 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Opening No. 18 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Opening No. 18 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Opening No. 19 | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Windom in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windom | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees across southern Martin County, with power lines also downed in Lost River Township. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windom | $2,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yenne | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Rusk | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lacy | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hindostan Falls | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| South Martin | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Natchez | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Ironton | 6.2 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q8024319 | 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 451638. 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.







