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Harrison County, Indiana

116 topographic sheets cover 53 settlements here, and 6 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

6 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

Indiana within the United States
Harrison County within Indiana

What the record shows

  • 940 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 6 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 3 buildings, 2 districts and 1 site.
  • 2 of the 6 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 53 populated places in this county; 53 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

6

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Corydon Battle Sitesite197979000017
Corydon Historic Districtdistrict197373000017
Corydon Historic District (Boundary Increase)district198989000243
Kintner House Hotelbuilding198787000099
Kintner-McGrain Housebuilding198383000032
Kintner-Withers Housebuilding198080000039

Wildfire, 2002 to 2017

4 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 4 of them, burning about 85 acres. None started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
10 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined76 acresHoosier National ForestJENNY HOLLOW
16 February 2002Recreation and ceremony7.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 February 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHoosier National ForestLILY
6 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1971 to 2026

60 of 403 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 403 reports for this county, causing 4 deaths, 41 injuries and about $2,588,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind213
Hail100
Flash Flood39
Tornado25
Flood20
Heavy Rain5
Funnel Cloud1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1974Tornado (F5)not stated2 killed, 34 hurtno account filed
May 1971Tornado (F1)not stated1 killed, 2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
October 1977Tornado (F1)not stated1 killed, 1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
June 1990Tornado (F1)not stated2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
April 1971Tornado (F1)not stated2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
July 2018Tornado (EF1)Hillgrove$600,000A tornado was confirmed of EF1 scale with a maximum wind speed of 105 mph. The tornado first touched down along Justin`s Trail in the Southwind Estates subdivision. There was significant tree damage along Pleasure Ridge Road where a large tree fell on a garage. Farther east along Pleasure Ridge Road, several small funnels from the main funnel did extensive damage. A 2 x 8 impaled a concrete grain silo. At least four big barns received extensive damage, including a turkey barn. Further east, several funnels congealed into one main tornado doing extensive damage to hardwood trees and significant roof damage to several homes. Along South Pleasant Road, one home had mud spatter on the back east side of the house where several pieces of wood were impaled in the ground. At that property, a pole barn was completely destroyed and thrown in different directions. A truck and horse trailer was moved and twisted 50 feet. The wind speeds in this area were the strongest at 105 mph and the maximum width was 250 yards. ||At the end of Sarabeth Way, there was extensive hardwood tree damage which included uprooted, twisted, and mangled trees. This included several healthy hickory trees which were snapped. Further east on Sinker Road, there was impressive cyclonic crop damage across a corn field with corn laying in every direction. On Simler Road, there was consistent snapped tree damage and we observed a camper that had been tossed and flipped over and several barns received extensive damage. During the final stages of the tornado, it struck homes along Peyton Road flipping over single wide trailers, lifting the roof of a barn, and doing extensive tree damage. Parts of the barn, including insulation and sheet metal, were thrown into the trees.||According to a local TV news broadcast, a New Middletown Volunteer Fire Department member suffered a minor injury. ||The tornado was captured on video by a security camera and a resident's cell phone in the Southwind Estates, which were circulated on social media. These videos showed an extremely small but visible vortex (one to three feet in diameter) on the ground going through a grassy area and splitting a tree in front of a home. One of the videos continued to show the tornado after this, where it grew in size.
March 2008Flash FloodLaconia$500,000Numerous roads in the county were flooded, including portions of Indiana Highway 11. Big Indian Creek near Corydon was flooding, with trailers and vehicles under water. Flood waters from Big Indian Creek were close to Indiana Highway 335.
June 1990Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
August 2020Flash FloodCorydon$150,000Flood waters made it into numerous homes and businesses, and a water rescue took place on Budd Road. Cost of damages estimated.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindElizabeth$100,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCountywide$75,000Trees were downed county wide. In the city of Corydon, trees were blown on to two homes, doing extensive damage. No serious injuries were reported, however.
February 2002Thunderstorm WindLanesville$60,000A mobile home was overturned. Several porches were blown off.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindLanesville$50,000An off duty NWS employee reported 6 power poles down on Crandall-Lanesville Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDepauw$50,000Local law enforcement reported trees down in the area along with transformers blown.
May 2003Tornado (F0)New Amsterdam$50,000There was major roof damage to a barn just south of New Amsterdam. A mobile home in New Amsterdam was tossed about a hundred yards into the Ohio River. Witnesses spotted a tornado before the mobile home was blown away.
April 1993Thunderstorm Windnot stated$50,000Trees were blown down throughout the county.
May 2017HailDepauw$50,000no account filed
January 2013Tornado (EF0)Sugar Grove$40,000A weak EF-0 tornado developed 3.2 miles east of Elizabeth, Indiana. It stayed on the ground for nearly 3 miles while crossing the Ohio River and entering southwestern Louisville, Kentucky. While in Indiana, this tornado covered around seven tenths of a mile. In Indiana, four homes and two barns were damaged along Highway 111. The porch of one home was lifted and thrown 30 feet. The walls of one of the barns collapsed in multiple directions. Several trees were downed along the banks of the Ohio River.
June 2015Flash FloodLanesville$30,000The Harrison County emergency manager reported that a residence on Barren Avenue in Lanesville had 3 feet of water inside as a result of torrential rainfall and slow moving thunderstorms.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindCorydon$30,000A tree was blown on to a house. Another tree was blown on to power lines. Part of a garage roof was blown off.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindRamsey$25,000A trained spotter reported a roof was blown off a concrete block dugout at a youth softball field behind North Harrison High School.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Central Barren$25,000A weak tornado hit the south side of a farm on Gettlefinger Road collapsing a milk barn and tearing several panels off of a large metal outbuilding in addition to snapping trees in wooded areas on either side of the farm.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindCentral Portion$25,000Interstate 64 west of Corydon was closed due to downed power lines. Indiana Highway 62 was closed one half mile east of Corydon due to downed trees. A discount store in downtown Corydon sustained roof damage.
July 1987Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1985Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
January 1976Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1974Tornado (F5)not stated$25,000no account filed
December 2018Tornado (EF1)Dogwood$20,000A National Weather Service damage survey team determined an intermittent skipping tornado varying in width, size and speed had a maximum wind speed of 100 mph along with a max width of 140 yards.||The tornado initially touched down at 7231 IN-337. At this location, a heavy metal chain fence weighing several hundred pounds was picked up and thrown 30 yards into the back of the house causing significant damage to the house. A chicken house weighing hundreds of pounds was rolled over and moved several feet. A purple Martin house was bent over 60 degrees facing east. Shingles and yard decorations were thrown in various directions east of the house along with driveway gravel thrown in every direction. A swing set was thrown from the back of the house to the front. Throughout the property there were twisted and uprooted trees.||Just before crossing the highway, the tornado increased from 75 yards to 140 yards in width and picked up hundreds of cornstalks tossing them in various directions across the road up to 300 yards away. Across the street at 7768 IN-337 there was significant cedar tree damage along with a 30 by 40 foot barn that was destroyed. The tornado twisted and snapped several cedar trees before going across the farmers field. The tornado narrowed and went to about 50 yards in width.||At 4368 Rogers Campground Road there were several trees twisted and snapped. One single-wide mobile home had siding panels blown out in several spots. An older, well-built barn with sturdy cedar poles sustained significant side panel damage. The metal sheeting was thrown in a northwesterly to northeasterly direction. One 2x4 wood pole was embedded in the ground. The tornado was very narrow along Rogers Campground Road, likely no more than 50 yards wide.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindPalmyra$20,000Trees were blown on to vehicles in Palmyra.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindCorydon$20,000The roof was blown off a barn.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindMauckport$20,000no account filed
November 2002Thunderstorm WindPalmyra$15,000The roof was torn off a barn. Power lines and several trees were downed.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindMauckport$10,000The media reported that shingles were blown off roofs in Harrison County, Indiana.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindElizabeth$10,000A spotter located along O'Bannon road in eastern Harrison County reported that several trees were toppled, including one that fell onto a car.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindCorydon$10,000A tree was blown on to a house in Corydon.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindKings Cave$10,000Thunderstorm wind damage was reported midway between Corydon and Central on state highway 135. A plate glass picture window was blown out of a house, and a home air conditioning unit was blown off its base. Twenty trees were downed.
November 2006Thunderstorm WindElizabeth$10,000Eight or nine pine trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. One fell on and damaged a mobile home, but no occupants were injured.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindMauckport$10,000Trees were downed and roofs were blown off buildings.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindCorydon$10,000Several barns destroyed
July 1996Tornado (F1)Corydon$10,000no account filed
April 2018Thunderstorm WindElizabeth$5,000The public reported that a shed was destroyed with a person inside. No injuries were reported.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindLanesville$5,000Dispatch reported power lines down blocking one lane of traffic on State Road 62 NE.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindHillcrest$5,000A Harrison County official reported trees and power poles down resulting in several power outages across the area.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCorydon$5,000The Harrison County emergency manager reported that severe thunderstorm winds brought down power lines on State Road 62 approximately 1/2 mile east of Corydon.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Salisbury$5,000Local emergency management reported that a portion of a metal roof was blown across a road.
June 2011Tornado (EF0)New Middletown$5,000Touching down in the 3900 block of Elizabeth-New Middletown Road, this weak EF-0 tornado damaged a row of trees next to a home. It also removed some flashing from this home before crossing Elizabeth-New Middletown Road and entering a wooded area. Several large limbs were broken off within the forest canopy before the tornado lifted. The same storm later spawned a tornado 15 miles east that damaged several horse barns at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
May 2001HailSugar Grove$5,000Several cars were damaged by hail.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindCorydon$5,000Trees were uprooted, and trailer underpinnings were torn out.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Salisbury$5,000no account filed
September 2009Thunderstorm WindCorydon$2,000Some trees were downed with pea size hail. Wind speed estimate from radar.
February 1996Thunderstorm WindCorydon$2,000no account filed
May 2016Thunderstorm WindCorydon Jct$1,000The public reported structural damage to a porch due to a fallen tree.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Hillgrove$1,000A weak squall-line tornado briefly touched down along Indiana Highway 135, doing minor damage to several residences and downing several trees.
May 2004HailCorydon$1,000Branches were downed and windows were broken by golf ball size hail.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindCorydon Jct$500There was a tree reported down on the 6300 block of Circle Road.
July 1994Thunderstorm Windnot stated$500State police reported that five trees had been blown down.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindDepauw-Two foot diameter trees were blown down near Milltown.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindRamsey-Multiple trees were down across northern Harrison County.
March 2026HailNew Middletown-Dime sized hail reported near New Middletown.
February 2026HailNew Middletown-There was dime to quarter size hail reported.

Mines and quarries

14 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 14 workings inside this county. 8 still produce and 6 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Fluorine-Fluorite5
Stone, Crushed/Broken5
Sand and Gravel, Construction2
Stone1
Silica1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gem Silica Elizabeth PlantSilicaProducer
Harrison Co. Hwy. Dept.StoneProducer
Lucas Corp. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Neely Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Corydon Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fluorite Occurrence #1Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Fluorite Occurrence #1Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Fluorite Occurrence #2Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Fluorite Occurrence #2Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
John S. Davis PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Louisville Cement Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mathes Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Milltown Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Fluorite OccurrenceFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite

Every populated place in the county

53

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Harrison County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.