Emison, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Busseron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47561. It stands on Cotton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Oaktown quadrangle. 145 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 463 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEmison fell from 154 to 145 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 | 154 | |
| 2020 | 145 | -9 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Oaktown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Oaktown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Oaktown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Emison in 2009, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 October 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | EDINGTON |
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Emison: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Knox Materials, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oaktown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Valenco Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emison in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emison | 1 hurt, $30,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were reported down across western Knox County due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. A semi-truck overturned on US Highway 41, near The Big Peach. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emison | $5,000 | Trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm wind gusts with additional tree damage north towards Oaktown. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Emison | $5,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in/near Vincennes, Indiana. The river crested 5.4 feet above flood stage on May 23rd at a reading of 21.4 feet. Damage costs are grossly estimated. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emison | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large and healthy tree onto Indiana Route 550 at Camp Arthur Road. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Emison | $1,000 | Water was reported to be over State Road 550 near Pierce Road due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emison | $1,000 | A tree was down on Camp Arthur Road near Ford Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Emison | $500 | Water was reported to be over the road on Old Highway 41, north of Emison. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emison | - | An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed at Emison. |
| March 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Emison | - | This tornado crossed over into Knox County from Lawrence County, IL. Information shown here reflects only the time the tornado was in Knox County. The affected area in Indiana was very short and remote with no known residences or other man-made structures. Tree damage was noted. |
| November 2011 | Hail | Emison | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Busseron | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bruceville | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Oaktown | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Johnstown | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Indian Creek Settlement | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Ragsdale | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bicknell | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Fritchton | 8.8 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 Emison | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5372619 | 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 434167. 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.






