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Fairland, Indiana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Brandywine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46126. The Survey maps it on the Shelbyville quadrangle. 542 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 771 feet above sea level.

Fairland within Shelby County

Population over time

2 figures

Fairland grew from 315 to 542 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
2010315
2020542+227 (+72%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fairland: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
Hartman Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Shelbyville & Blue River Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Shelby County

Storms near this place

16 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairland in 16 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood. 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
March 2012HailFairland$120,000The hail from this storm caused damage to approximately 100 homes from Fairland to Fountaintown. Mainly cosmetic damage was observed, with a few roof leaks, siding damage, a few broken windows, and roof damage. One commercial roof was damaged on the west side of Fairland.
July 2004LightningFairland$50,000Lightning destroyed a rental home in Fairland.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindFairland$40,000Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over irrigation leg and also caused damage to trees and powerlines.
July 2008LightningFairland$40,000Lightning struck a 4,700-square-foot house. Initial inspection revealed no evidence of damage/fire then 10 to 15 minutes later the attic was seen on fire. Fairland Volunteer Fire Department received the call to respond at 5:34 PM EST. Roughly 30 firefighters in at least nine trucks fought the blaze that ensued. Fire damage was contained to the upper story, however water damage was tremendous. Acting chief of the fire department said about 2,000 gallons of water per minute was used for at least an hour. By 6:51 PM EST the blaze was under control. Firefighters remained on the scene until 9 PM EST.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindFairland$20,000Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and a power pole into a house.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindFairland$5,000An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location. Numerous large tree limbs were downed and power outages were noted.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindFairland$5,000A roof was partially blown off a barn due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2011HailFairland-no account filed
April 2006HailFairland-no account filed
June 2006HailFairland-no account filed
April 2005HailFairland-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindFairland-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindFairland-no account filed
August 1996HailFairland-no account filed
August 1996Flash FloodFairland-no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindFairland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shelby 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
Clover Village1.5 miles12
The Red Mills3.1 miles12
Boggstown3.2 miles12
Green Meadows3.4 miles11
Southeast Manor3.6 miles11
London Heights4.0 miles11
London4.1 miles11
Beech Brook4.2 miles12

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 FairlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2597205The 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 434301. 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.