Wyandotte, Indiana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Jennings Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47137. It stands on Sharpe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leavenworth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1946 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Alton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Wyandotte between 2001 and 2010, burning about 11 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 ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March 2001 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | WYANDOTTE |
| 12 March 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | CAREFREE FIRE |
| 16 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | SULPHUR SPRINGS |
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 Wyandotte: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Sandy Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tower Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wyandotte in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2015: 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Wyandotte | $5,000 | The roadway was washed out near Shafer Ridge Road and Wyandotte Cave Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wyandotte | - | A trained spotter reported to the NWS trees down in the area due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leavenworth | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Carefree | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pilot Knob | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Magnolia | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Schooner Point Landing | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Fredonia | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Curby | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Artist Point | 6.2 miles | 21 |
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 Wyandotte | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18395569 | 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 446348. 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.










