BlockEdwardsport, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Vigo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47528. It lies near Scudder Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bicknell quadrangle. 286 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 502 feet above sea level.
On record in Edwardsport
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 1 record
Alfred Simonson Houselisted 2009
Population over time
2 figuresEdwardsport fell from 303 to 286 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 | 303 | |
| 2020 | 286 | -17 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Bicknell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bicknell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Edwardsport: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Intrnat Alloys/ Bicknell, Ind | Aluminum | Unknown |
Storms near this place
24 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edwardsport in 24 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 17 flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwardsport | $25,000 | Sections of roof on a barn lifted and thrown by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwardsport | $20,000 | A tree was blown by thunderstorm wind gusts onto a small vehicle at 4th Street and Shipping Street. |
| November 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwardsport | $15,000 | A garage and numerous trees were blown down on Carlisle Street in Edwardsport due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwardsport | $10,000 | Several trees and utility lines down throughout Knox County in the Bicknell, Bruceville, Edwardsport, and Vincennes areas due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| January 2008 | Flood | Edwardsport | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the White River in Knox County, including near Edwardsport, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| February 2008 | Flood | Edwardsport | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the White River in Knox County, including near Edwardsport, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Edwardsport | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the White River in Knox County, including near Edwardsport, due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until April 8th at 1630. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Edwardsport | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the White River in Knox County, including near Edwardsport, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| July 2008 | Flood | Edwardsport | $10,000 | Excessive rainfall along the White River caused flooding in Knox county, including near Edwardsport. |
| February 2007 | Flood | Edwardsport | $10,000 | The White River flooded in Knox County. High water remained into March. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Edwardsport | $10,000 | The White River remained in flood through the end of the month. Crests were over six feet above flood stage. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Edwardsport | $10,000 | The White River remained flooded in Knox County from late February into March. Crests were nearly 4 feet above flood stage. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Edwardsport | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwardsport | $1,250 | Power lines were downed at the intersection of 2nd and Shipping Streets in Edwardsport due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwardsport | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on State Route 67, south of Edwardsport. The damage was due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2007 | Flood | Edwardsport | $1,000 | Flooding continued from March into April on the White River in Knox County. Crests were as high as six feet above flood stage. |
| February 2009 | Flood | Edwardsport | - | Flooding occurred along the White River in Knox County, including in and near Edwardsport, due to heavy rain. It affected most bottomlands and some county roads. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Edwardsport | - | Rainfall and warm temperatures that occurred on and off during the second half of December led to flooding of low lying agricultural land on the White River during late December and very early January, affecting Knox County at and near Edwardsport. This flood event is a continuation from December. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Edwardsport | - | Flooding occurred along the White River in and near Edwardsport, Indiana. The river crested 5.7 feet above flood stage at the Edwardsport river gauge on April 11th at a reading of 20.7 feet. A river level of 20 feet typically occurs about once a year and affects agricultural land and a few roads or so...state, county, and local. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Edwardsport | - | Flooding occurred along the White River in and near Edwardsport, Indiana. Flooding continued into May, with the river cresting then. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Edwardsport | - | Flooding of bottomlands occurred along the White River in and near Edwardsport, Indiana. Flooding continued from April. The river crested at 19 feet on May 5th. Flood stage is 15 feet. Crop damage estimate is grossly estimated. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Edwardsport | - | Extensive flooding of bottomlands occurred along the White River in/near Edwardsport, Indiana. The river crested 7.6 feet above flood stage on May 18th at a reading of 22.6 feet. Flooding of this magnitude typically affects local/county/state roads, agricultural land, and surrounds river cabins. Damage costs are grossly estimated. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Edwardsport | - | Flooding occurred along the White River in Knox County, including near Edwardsport, due to heavy rain. This flooding is a continuation from flooding that began on March 18th at 2200. March flood damages are estimated around ten thousand dollars. |
| December 2008 | Flood | Edwardsport | - | Rainfall and warm temperatures that occurred on and off during the second half of December led to flooding of low lying agricultural land on the White River during late December and very early January, affecting Knox County at and near Edwardsport. This flood event continued into January. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagner Station | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Westphalia | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bicknell | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Freelandville | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Johnstown | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ragsdale | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sandborn | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Indian Creek Settlement | 7.6 miles | 14 |
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 Edwardsport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2308137 | 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 434033. 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.