BlockFolsomville, Indiana
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Owen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47601. It stands on Brushy Fork. The Survey maps it on the Folsomville quadrangle. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1900 USGS De Gonia Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Degonia Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Ditney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Folsomville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
74 words on this townshipWarrick and Its Prominent People : a History of Warrick County, Indiana, from the Time of Its Organization and Settlement, with Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent People of the Past and Present, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Owen Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Owen Township - 74 words.
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Folsomville in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Folsomville | $75,000 | Powerful downburst winds were produced following the lifting of a tornado, causing widespread wind damage in and around Folsomville. The broadening of wind damage into a straight-line wind profile was identified in an NWS storm survey. A public report called into the EMA noted that a tin roof was ripped off of a barn. Numerous trees were down on roads and power poles were also down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Folsomville | $10,000 | A tree and a utility pole were knocked down. |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Folsomville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Folsomville | - | Some roads were flooded and impassable in northeast parts of the county. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Folsomville | - | Numerous trees were blown down along a 3-mile stretch of road between Jockey and Folsomville. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Folsomville | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Folsomville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loafers Station | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Jockey | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Dickeyville | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Eames | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Tennyson | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Heilman | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| De Gonia Springs | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Eby | 5.2 miles | 21 |
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 Folsomville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5464874 | 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 434629. 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.