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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bedford West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Bedford West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Bedford West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2002Regional 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 burning | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 February 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BRIARWOOD |
| 2 December 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | RACKOVICH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baalbeck Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Bedford Ground Limestone Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bedford Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dark Hollow Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Diehl Hollow Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Elliott Stone Company, Inc. | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Eureka Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Joyner Plant | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Klondike Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2003Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | Tornado (EF3) | Fayetteville | 1 hurt, $420,000 | This 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 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $50,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed dozens of trees across Lawrence County. One tree was downed onto powerlines. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $50,000 | Significant 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $7,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees across central Lawrence County, from near the intersection of State Roads 158 and 458 to south of Bedford. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Fayetteville | $1,000 | Ditches were overflowing and covering the roads south of Fayetteville due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | - | Trees were reported down near Fayetteville along highway 158 due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fayetteville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Fayetteville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Coxton | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Riverview | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Dark Hollow | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Silverville | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Patton Hill | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Avoca | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Oolitic | 4.6 miles | 22 |
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 Fayetteville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5439037 | 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 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.










