Chrisney, Indiana
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Grass Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47611. The Survey maps it on the Chrisney quadrangle. 465 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresChrisney fell from 481 to 465 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 | 481 | |
| 2020 | 465 | -16 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1900 USGS De Gonia Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Degonia Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Ditney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Chrisney quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Chrisney in 2002, 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | 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 Chrisney: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| West Point Brick and Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chrisney in 25 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Chrisney | $60,000 | Multiple vehicle water rescues were conducted. Numerous roads were covered by water, including Highway 70, Highway 62 near 75W, County Road 1400N, and County Road 1600N just east of Santa Claus. Some flooded roads were closed through the morning hours. Radar rainfall estimates were from 3 to 4.5 inches across much of Spencer County. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chrisney | $25,000 | A storm line moving eastward across the county snapped utility poles in Chrisney. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chrisney | $25,000 | Three utility poles were snapped near County Road 900 North. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chrisney | $20,000 | Numerous trees were down across northwestern parts of the county. Interstate 64 was blocked for a time. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chrisney | $10,000 | A front porch was damaged in Chrisney. A tree was blown down, landing on a fence and a gas grill. A couple of other trees landed across roads. |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Chrisney | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chrisney | $5,000 | Several trees were down on county roads between Chrisney and Santa Claus, including County Roads 1100 North and 600 East. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chrisney | $3,000 | Numerous large tree limbs were broken. A few large trees were snapped 5 to 6 feet above the ground. Just west of Chrisney, a shed roof was damaged, and four light poles were down. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chrisney | $3,000 | Trees were down near Chrisney and at several other locations in the county. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chrisney | $2,000 | Large tree limbs were down. |
| June 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Chrisney | - | A member of the public videotaped a rope-like funnel cloud develop twice in open farmland near the intersection of County Road 1000 North and old Highway 231. A brief touchdown occurred, but no damage was reported. Peak winds were estimated near 65 mph. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Chrisney | - | Water was over the road at the intersection of Old Highway 231 and County Road 1000N, at the east fork of Little Pigeon Creek. |
| April 2015 | Heavy Rain | Chrisney | - | Rainfall of 1.40 inches was measured in 30 minutes. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chrisney | - | A trained spotter estimated a wind gust to 70 mph in Lamar. In Chrisney, tree branches were broken by winds estimated near 60 mph. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Chrisney | - | Water was reported over numerous roads in the county, including some that do not normally flood. More than six inches of water was over U.S. Highway 231. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Chrisney | - | Hail ranging from the size of quarters to golf balls fell near Chrisney. |
| May 2005 | Heavy Rain | Chrisney | - | Three to four inches of water was over Highway 62 in a few places. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chrisney | - | Trees were blown down. |
| September 2001 | Flash Flood | Chrisney | - | Thunderstorms with torrential rain persisted over western Spencer County for a couple of hours. A trained spotter measured 2.8 inches of rain in just one hour. The result was considerable flooding of some roads, including State Highways 66, 62, and 161. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Chrisney | - | Dime to nickel size hail fell across parts of the county. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Chrisney | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Chrisney | - | no account filed |
| February 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Chrisney | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Chrisney | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Chrisney | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bloomfield | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Ritchie | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Rock Hill | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Newtonville | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Kercheval | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Liberal | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Midway | 5.5 miles | 16 |
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 Chrisney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2410821 | 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 432490. 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.







