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Depauw, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Blue River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47115. It lies near Schoolhouse Hill. The Survey maps it on the Depauw quadrangle. It stands 655 feet above sea level.

Depauw within Harrison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Depauw in 2017, burning about 76 acres 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
10 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined76 acresHoosier National ForestJENNY HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Depauw: 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Fluorite Occurrence #2Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Fluorite Occurrence #2Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
John S. Davis PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Louisville Cement Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Milltown Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Harrison County

Storms near this place

15 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Depauw in 15 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDepauw$50,000Local law enforcement reported trees down in the area along with transformers blown.
May 2017HailDepauw$50,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindDepauw-Two foot diameter trees were blown down near Milltown.
March 2023FloodDepauw-A video showed several inches of water flowing across a roadway in Depauw.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDepauw-There was a picture of an uprooted tree on social media.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindDepauw-There was a second hand report of trees and power lines down in Depauw.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDepauw-The Milltown Fire Department measured a 76 MPH wind gust.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindDepauw-There was a tree down at Wetzel Drive and West Street in Harrison County, Indiana.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDepauw-Trees were reported down.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDepauw-An off-duty NWS employee reported several trees down on numerous properties near the intersection of State Road 64 and 337.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDepauw-A county official reported trees down near the intersection of North Copeland Road and State Highway 337 near Depauw.
May 2011FloodDepauw-John Smith road was flooded.
September 2009Flash FloodDepauw-Three feet of water was flowing over Depauw Fredrickburg Road.
October 2009Flash FloodDepauw-Three to four feet of running water flowed over State Route 64 at Fredricksburg Road. Numerous other roads were also impassable.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindDepauw-Trees down

Every storm recorded in Harrison 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
Frenchtown1.4 miles14
Little Saint Louis2.5 miles14
Fairdale2.5 miles14
Ramsey3.4 miles14
Hancock Chapel3.8 miles14
Wynnsboro (historical)3.9 miles14
Moberly4.5 miles14
Corydon Junction6.6 miles13

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 DepauwAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5260603The 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 433484. 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.