Christiansburg, Indiana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47201. It lies near Wilson Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Story quadrangle. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1942 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Story quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Story quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Christiansburg between 1998 and 2020, burning about 209 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were 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 | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | WHITE |
| 8 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Hoosier National Forest | FREEDOM |
| 6 August 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BROWN |
| 4 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | LUTES FIRE |
| 4 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | NEBO |
| 9 April 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | HOUSTON NORTH |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | LUTHERAN LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Christiansburg in 14 storm reports between 2013 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Christiansburg | $10,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed multiple trees. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Christiansburg | $8,000 | Two women were rescued from a vehicle trapped in high water on Mount Nebo Road due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. This report was received via Twitter. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Christiansburg | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in south-central Brown County. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Christiansburg | $3,000 | A 68 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at this location. Tree branches were snapped, and a trampoline was thrown 100 yards. |
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Christiansburg | $3,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed multiple trees in the area. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Christiansburg | $2,000 | Several large tree limbs downed by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Christiansburg | $2,000 | A 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust was recorded with a few tree branches snapped. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Christiansburg | $2,000 | Multiple tree branches downed by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Christiansburg | $2,000 | Christianburg Road was flooded and impassable, south of Hamilton Creek Road due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. Rapidly flowing water was reported to be going into the backyards of homes near Spurgeons Corner. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Christiansburg | - | A 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at this location. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Christiansburg | - | A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at this location. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Christiansburg | - | A 62 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at this location. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Christiansburg | - | Thunderstorm hail as large as half dollars. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Christiansburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spurgeons Corner | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Becks Grove | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Buffalo (historical) | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Stone Head | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Pikes Peak | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Story | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Lake on the Green | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Elkinsville | 5.8 miles | 19 |
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 Christiansburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5110638 | 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 450775. 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.
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.







