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Fayetteville, Indiana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Indian Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47421. The Survey maps it on the Bedford West quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level.

Fayetteville within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

2 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Fayetteville in 2002, burning about 6 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 burning2

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
18 February 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestBRIARWOOD
2 December 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresHoosier National ForestRACKOVICH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Fayetteville: 22 past producers, 7 occurrences, 5 producers, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Baalbeck QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unnamed Fluorite OccurrenceFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite
Bedford Ground Limestone PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bedford Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dark Hollow QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Diehl Hollow QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Elliott Stone Company, Inc.Limestone, DimensionProducer
Eureka QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Joyner PlantLimestone, DimensionProducer
Klondike QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

9 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fayetteville in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
March 2009Tornado (EF3)Fayetteville1 hurt, $420,000This brief but powerful tornado had a steady track to the east-northeast, creating damage consistent of an EF3 strength tornado. A rating of EF3 corresponds with winds of 136 to 165 MPH. The maximum width of the tornado was approximately 1/8 mile. It completely destroyed the above ground portions of two homes, seriously damaged a trailer home, and created lesser damage to two other homes. It picked a full size school bus up, turned it around and onto its side, and moved it uphill onto the foundation of what had been an occupied home. The damage estimate is very rough.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindFayetteville$50,000Thunderstorm wind gusts downed dozens of trees across Lawrence County. One tree was downed onto powerlines.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindFayetteville$50,000Significant damage in Fayetteville due to thunderstorm wind gusts. Power lines are down, roofs badly damaged, and large trees are down. Metal chimney at the Indian Creek volunteer fire department is bent. A 77 mph wind gust was measured via a personal weather station.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindFayetteville$7,000Numerous trees and power lines were downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindFayetteville$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees across central Lawrence County, from near the intersection of State Roads 158 and 458 to south of Bedford.
June 2019Flash FloodFayetteville$1,000Ditches were overflowing and covering the roads south of Fayetteville due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindFayetteville-Trees were reported down near Fayetteville along highway 158 due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindFayetteville-no account filed
May 2003HailFayetteville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Eureka1.9 miles21
Coxton2.8 miles21
Riverview3.1 miles21
Dark Hollow3.5 miles22
Silverville3.7 miles22
Patton Hill4.1 miles22
Avoca4.3 miles22
Oolitic4.6 miles22

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 FayettevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5439037The 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 450908. 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.