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.
Population over time
2 figuresFairland 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 315 | |
| 2020 | 542 | +227 (+72%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Shelbyville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Shelbyville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartman Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Shelbyville & Blue River Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Hail | Fairland | $120,000 | The 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 2004 | Lightning | Fairland | $50,000 | Lightning destroyed a rental home in Fairland. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairland | $40,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over irrigation leg and also caused damage to trees and powerlines. |
| July 2008 | Lightning | Fairland | $40,000 | Lightning 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairland | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and a power pole into a house. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairland | $5,000 | An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location. Numerous large tree limbs were downed and power outages were noted. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairland | $5,000 | A roof was partially blown off a barn due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Fairland | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Fairland | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Fairland | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Fairland | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairland | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairland | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Fairland | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Fairland | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Village | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| The Red Mills | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Boggstown | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Green Meadows | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Southeast Manor | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| London Heights | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| London | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Beech Brook | 4.2 miles | 12 |
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 Fairland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2597205 | 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 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.




