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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.

Emison within Knox County

Population over time

2 figures

Emison 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.

YearPeople Change
2010154
2020145-9 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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 2009

Regional 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 burning1

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
25 October 2009Debris and open burning4.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesEDINGTON

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
North Knox Materials, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oaktown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valenco PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Knox County

Storms near this place

10 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEmison1 hurt, $30,000Numerous 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 2025Thunderstorm WindEmison$5,000Trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm wind gusts with additional tree damage north towards Oaktown.
May 2009FloodEmison$5,000Flooding 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 2022Thunderstorm WindEmison$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large and healthy tree onto Indiana Route 550 at Camp Arthur Road.
May 2018FloodEmison$1,000Water was reported to be over State Road 550 near Pierce Road due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindEmison$1,000A tree was down on Camp Arthur Road near Ford Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2010Flash FloodEmison$500Water was reported to be over the road on Old Highway 41, north of Emison.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindEmison-An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed at Emison.
March 2009Tornado (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 2011HailEmison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Knox 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
Busseron2.2 miles15
Bruceville3.9 miles15
Oaktown4.6 miles15
Johnstown7.7 miles14
Indian Creek Settlement7.9 miles14
Ragsdale8.1 miles14
Bicknell8.2 miles14
Fritchton8.8 miles18

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 EmisonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5372619The 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.