BlockFalmouth, Indiana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46127. The Survey maps it on the Falmouth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
9,513 words on this townshipHistory of Rush County, Indiana, from the Earliest Time to the Present : with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc., Together with a Short History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana, published 1888 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Washington Township - 9,513 words.
Storms near this place
4 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Falmouth in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falmouth | $20,000 | Trees reported down near Fairview with some falling onto cars and possibly on houses with possible damage to homes. All damage appeared to be from straight line winds. Trees were blown over in one direction from Bentonville into NW Rush County. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Falmouth | $15,000 | Indiana Conservation Officers performed a water rescue to save 3 people trapped along County Road 700 North due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falmouth | $1,000 | Power pole was knocked down and laying over the line near the intersection of County Roads 700N and 800E. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falmouth | - | Trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts around 60 mph. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 434385. 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.
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.