Carlisle, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Haddon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47838. The Survey maps it on the Carlisle quadrangle. 625 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 482 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCarlisle fell from 692 to 625 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 692 | |
| 2020 | 625 | -67 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1943 USGS Carlisle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Carlisle quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Carlisle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Carlisle: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Castle Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sullivan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carlisle in 18 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | Tornado (EF0) | Carlisle | $300,000 | An EF-0 tornado tracked 4.10 miles over southern Sullivan County, between the Paxton and Carlisle communities. The maximum path width was 300 yards with multiple outbuildings significantly or completely destroyed and damage to trees. The supercell originally spawned two weak tornadoes in Crawford County, Illinois, which lifted before crossing the Wabash River into southwestern Sullivan County near Indiana Route 58. The tornado appeared to frequently come in contact with the ground at a few locations east of Route 58 but never remained in contact with the ground for a long distance, yet demonstrated damage that reflects high-end EF0 winds around 80 mph. The tornado maintained EF-0 intensity as it moved east-northeast through agricultural land, snapping a mix of large hardwood and softwood trees before lifting from Sullivan County. Damage was observed just northwest of Carlisle, where several small outbuildings sustained major damage. In this location, wind speeds were estimated at 80 mph, consistent with EF-0 intensity. The tornado continued across US-41 just south of Paxton, where the strongest damage, an additional outbuilding completely destroyed along with several large trees knocked over and snapped, was consistent with winds upwards of 85 mph; the storm survey estimates that the width of the tree damage spanned around 300 yards in an adjacent field. Peak wind speeds were estimated at 85 mph. |
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | $15,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree onto a car. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | $4,000 | Multiple tree limbs snapped by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | $3,000 | A roof was blown a quarter mile off of a good sized shed on State Road 58 due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | $1,500 | Utility lines were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Power was also out in Carlisle. |
| October 2016 | Flood | Carlisle | $500 | Considerable street flooding was observed due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Carlisle | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts up to 60 mph were also estimated at this location. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Carlisle | - | Hail observed just north of the Sullivan-Knox county line. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | No damage was reported from an estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust in this location. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | Several trees were downed. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | Trees were downed. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Hail | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carlisle | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Carlisle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paxton | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| New Lebanon | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Shiloh | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Bucktown | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Stringtown | 8.2 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasantville | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Merom Station | 8.3 miles | 20 | |
| Jericho | 8.6 miles | 18 |
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 Carlisle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2405451 | 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 432132. 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.






