Florence, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in York Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47020. It stands on Turtle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Florence quadrangle. 60 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 476 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFlorence fell from 80 to 60 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 | 80 | |
| 2020 | 60 | -20 (-25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1943 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Florence between 2009 and 2014, burning about 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | VERA CRUZ |
| 9 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 November 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | VERA CRUZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Florence: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warsaw Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Florence in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $25,000 | A car was overturned and there was significant structural damage in the 14000 block of Bethel Ridge Road. The damage was consistent with winds in the 65 to 85 mph range. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $20,000 | About 20 trees were downed along State Route 156, east of Florence. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $10,000 | A few trees were downed and a roof was blown off of a mobile home. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $6,000 | A garage sustained roof damage on Bethel Ridge Road. Also, a few small trees were knocked down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $5,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| February 2000 | Flash Flood | Florence | $5,000 | Water flooded across State Route 156 near the Markland Dam. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $3,000 | Several trees were downed in the Florence area, including one on State Route 156 and one on Beatty Ridge Road. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $1,000 | A tree was downed on Route 156 due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Florence | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Florence | $200 | A large pine tree limb was downed. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Florence | - | High water was reported on Log Lick Road. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Florence | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markland | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Quercus Grove | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Searcy Crossroads | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Antioch | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Gurley Corner | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Patriot | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Center Square | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| East Enterprise | 7.0 miles | 11 |
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 Florence | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q11681872 | 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 434612. 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.





