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Yellowstone, Indiana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Polk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47436. It lies near Dennis Murphy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Norman quadrangle.

Yellowstone within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

In the county-history sources

3,641 words on this township

1884 History of Monroe County Indiana, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Polk Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Polk Township - 3,641 words.

Fires near this place

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Yellowstone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 215 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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
Recreation and ceremony25
Arson/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Other causes1
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
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresHoosier National ForestBROOKS
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestCRAZY JOE
3 September 2004Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHoosier National ForestHICKORY CREEK CHURCH
3 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestHICKORY RIDGE CAMPFI
3 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestHICKORY 2
25 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoosier National ForestROAD SIDE
27 August 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresHoosier National ForestHICKORY 3
24 August 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHoosier National ForestHICKORY CAMP FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe 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 Yellowstone: 2 occurrences. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yellowstone in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2021Flash FloodYellowstone$2,000,000Numerous water rescues were performed during the early morning hours of June 19th. Many county and state roads were under water as a result of locations receiving more than 7 inches of rain.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindYellowstone$250,000Multiple large trees snapped and uprooted by thunderstorm wind gusts across the southeastern portions of the county with numerous roads blocked.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindYellowstone-Trees were blown down over Tower Ridge Road in Hooiser National Forest by thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Chapel Hill5.7 miles18
Fairfax7.3 miles24
Knight Ridge10.0 miles21
Smithville10.0 miles27
Handy10.4 miles24
Sanders10.6 miles27
Woodville Hills10.7 miles21
Harrodsburg10.8 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451647. 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.