BlockYorktown, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Yorktown town. It lies in ZIP code area 47396. The Survey maps it on the Muncie West quadrangle.
On record in Yorktown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Martin Hofherr Farmlisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1952 USGS Muncie West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Muncie West quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Muncie West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Muncie West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Yorktown in 2004, burning about 1 acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 October 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
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 Yorktown: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanon Flagstones Co.Limestone | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Muncie Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yorktown in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning. 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 2000 | Lightning | Yorktown | $200,000 | no account filed |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorktown | $40,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed multiple trees and powerlines. A pole barn was also damaged. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorktown | $10,000 | Scattered healthy pine trees approximately 2 ft in diameter were snapped by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorktown | $10,000 | Tree downed by thunderstorm wind gusts along County Road 700 West, south of State Road 32. Trees and tree limbs noted to be down across several other portions of the county with no specific location mentioned. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorktown | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down in Yorktown due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. This was reported to be the likely cause of power outages on the east side of Daleville. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorktown | $1,000 | Power lines and trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Yorktown | - | No damage was reported. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Yorktown | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Yorktown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Muncie | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Cammack | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Reed Station | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Middletown Park | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Andersonville | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Progress | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Daleville | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Cross Roads | 5.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 446404. 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.