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Boonville, Indiana

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Boon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47601. The Survey maps it on the Boonville quadrangle. 6,712 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 423 feet above sea level.

Boonville within Warrick County

On record in Boonville

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Boonville grew from 6,246 to 6,712 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20106,246
20206,712+466 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

94 words on this township

Warrick and Its Prominent People : a History of Warrick County, Indiana, from the Time of Its Organization and Settlement, with Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent People of the Past and Present, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Boon Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Boon Township - 94 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Boonville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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
Warrick Co. Hwy. Dept.StoneProducer

Every working recorded in Warrick County

Storms near this place

58 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boonville in 58 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 9 flash flood, 4 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
April 1996Flash FloodBoonville1 hurt, $80,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBoonville1 hurt, $50,000A large tree fell on a home, injuring one person. Multiple large trees were down on the south side of town.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindBoonville$105,000A microburst containing winds estimated near 85 mph tracked north and northeast of Boonville. More than a dozen homes and other structures lost shingles or pieces of siding. Dozens of trees were uprooted. Many tree limbs were blown down. The microburst was about one mile wide on average.
April 2011Tornado (EF2)Boonville$90,000At the initial damage point just southwest of Greenbrier, many trees were snapped or uprooted. As the tornado crossed Highway 61, it demolished a barn and tossed the debris about 50 to 75 yards. Another barn was damaged, and numerous large trees were uprooted and snapped. Several homes suffered roof damage from both the wind and from trees or large branches falling on them. Three telephone poles were snapped on Highway 61. Parts of the damage path were over inaccessible, roadless coal mine property. Peak winds were estimated near 120 mph. The average path width was 300 yards.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindBoonville$70,000A microburst with 70-90 mph winds occurred in Warrick County south of Boonville, Indiana on the morning of April 2, 2024. The swath of damage was about 5 miles in length and 0.75 miles in width, stretching from Geneva Way to Metz Road, south of Maple Grove Road. Trees were uprooted and minor damage occurred to several homes including some fascia, siding, and shingle damage.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBoonville$50,000Several trees and powerlines were downed in Boonville and a front porch was shifted as a powerful surge in the storm line moved southeastward through the town.
September 2009Flash FloodBoonville$30,000Many low-lying areas of Boonville were under water. Some roads were under as much as four feet of water. Numerous roads were flooded, with stranded cars. Some homes were flooded. A CoCoRahs (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow) Network observer reported 1.57 inches of rain about a mile north of the city. The ground was already very moist from between 3 and 4 inches of rain that fell on the 20th.
August 2023Flash FloodBoonville$25,000Numerous main roads were closed around Boonville. Cars stalled due to flash flooding.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindBoonville$15,000Three utility poles were snapped. A tree and numerous branches were blown down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBoonville$10,000About a dozen trees were blown down at a country club on the northwest side of town.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindBoonville$10,000Traffic signals and signs were blown down.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindBoonville$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down throughout the county.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindBoonville$9,000A roof was partially blown off a car wash. Two trees were blown down.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindBoonville$5,000A few trees and power lines were down.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindBoonville$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1998Flash FloodBoonville$5,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBoonville$3,000Trees were down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBoonville$3,000Power lines were down.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindBoonville$2,000Several trees were blown down. A small billboard was blown down in front of the American Legion building.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindBoonville$1,000A thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph was measured on the SE side of Boonville.
March 2025HailBoonville-Hail up to the size of quarters fell just south of Boonville.
July 2025FloodBoonville-Brief minor flooding of several roads occurred in Boonville as heavy rainfall produced approximately an inch of rain in 45 minutes. Lack of additional storms kept flooding issues from worsening.
July 2024Flash FloodBoonville-Localized flash flooding occurred in and around Boonville. A measured 2.32 inches of rainfall occurred primarily between 1745-1900CST.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBoonville-A greenhouse was damaged where a wind gust was measured at 68 mph.
June 2013Heavy RainBoonville-Water was reported over a couple of intersections.
July 2013Heavy RainBoonville-A trained spotter reported three inches of rain during the early evening hours.
June 2013Heavy RainBoonville-A co-operative observer reported a storm-total rainfall of 5.03 inches.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindBoonville-A tree was blown down across Highway 61 just north of Boonville.
April 2011HailBoonville-Hail up to the size of golf balls covered the ground. This hailstorm was the same storm that struck Newburgh a short time earlier.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBoonville-A spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph. No damage was reported.
April 2007HailBoonville-Penny to quarter size hail was reported with the storm. The penny-size hail fell in Paradise, with quarter-size hail in Boonville.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindBoonville-Some tree limbs and whole trees were blown down. A trained spotter estimated wind gusts up to 60 MPH.
April 2006HailBoonville-Quarter size hail fell in Tennyson, and dime size hail fell several miles south of Boonville.
May 2006HailBoonville-Golf-ball size hail fell four miles north of Boonville. Nickel-size hail fell in Folsomville.
May 2006Funnel CloudBoonville-A spotter reported a cold air funnel cloud was undulating from the cloud base.
May 2005HailBoonville-Hail fell for less than one minute.
August 2005Heavy RainBoonville-About five inches of water was on Main Street, and a few other side streets had water over them.
March 2004Flash FloodBoonville-Slow-moving thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall. Water was over U.S. Highway 62 at Boonville.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindBoonville-Small trees were uprooted near Highway 61 in the Turpin Hill area.
April 2003HailBoonville-A severe thunderstorm moved east across Warrick County, producing very large hail near Boonville. Hail was reported to be 2.5 inches in diameter, nearly baseball size, just north of Boonville. The hail broke windows and damaged vehicles.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindBoonville-Two trees were down on Yankeetown Highway.
September 2002FloodBoonville-The remnants of Tropical Storm Isidore moved slowly north from the Louisiana coast, passing through central Kentucky around daybreak on the 27th. Rainfall amounts were in the 2 to 4 inch range across Warrick County. A spotter reported 3.8 inches of rain at Boonville, causing minor flooding of streets, yards, and flood-prone areas. The region was in the midst of a drought, which allowed the ground to soak up the rainfall efficiently.
August 2001Flash FloodBoonville-Slow-moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall that flooded Highway 662. Spotters reported water 2 inches deep in parts of Boonville, and more thunderstorms were on the way at the time of the report.
October 2001HailBoonville-Dime size hail was reported from Boonville to the Spencer County line, several miles southeast of Boonville.
July 2000FloodBoonville-Minor street flooding occurred in the city of Boonville. About 2 inches of water was on 4th Street, with water also noted on Highway 61 north and Highway 62. The flooding was the result of thunderstorms producing an estimated one to 1.5 inches of rain.
August 1998FloodBoonville-Spotters reported up to 3 inches of rain from thunderstorms.
November 2019HailBoonville-no account filed
May 2014HailBoonville-no account filed
April 2011Funnel CloudBoonville-no account filed
October 2010HailBoonville-no account filed
February 2008HailBoonville-no account filed
May 2005HailBoonville-no account filed
May 2004Flash FloodBoonville-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindBoonville-no account filed
April 2002Flash FloodBoonville-no account filed
May 2002HailBoonville-no account filed
August 2001HailBoonville-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindBoonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Warrick 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
Rolling Acres1.2 miles19
Center3.7 miles19
Pelzer4.2 miles17
De Gonia Springs4.7 miles17
Ash Iron Springs4.7 miles17
New Hope4.9 miles16
Greenbrier5.0 miles19
Chandler5.0 miles19

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 BoonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2799024The 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 431342. 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.

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.