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Garden City, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Columbus Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47201. It stands on Flatrock River. The Survey maps it on the Columbus quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level.

Garden City within Bartholomew County

On record in Garden City

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Garden City: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
B.D.W. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carter Gravel CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Columbus Gravel & Concr. Prod.,Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rees PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Spray Sand and Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bartholomew County

Storms near this place

12 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garden City in 12 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
April 2025FloodGarden City1 killedThe exact time is unknown, but the victim chose to stay in his home near the river when moderate to major flooding was ongoing. He was found 5 days later having drowned.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGarden City$350,000A trained spotter measured a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust at this location. Numerous trees and power lines also downed with over 9000 power outages caused by the storm.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGarden City$85,000Storm survey found 10-15 homes sustained damage to siding, roofs, and gutters in the Shadow Creek Farms neighborhood just south of County Road 200 South and west of State Route 11. Multiple hardwood trees were snapped and dropped to the northeast. Tree and limb damage were isolated to the northeast of the neighborhood across another neighborhood and into the Bartholomew County Fairgrounds. Additional structural damage occurred to a barn across State Route 11. An irrigation device was flipped over in an adjacent field.
March 2008FloodGarden City$30,000Flooding occurred along the East Fork White River in Bartholomew County, including near Columbus, due to heavy rain. Multiple roads were flooded due to heavy rain. A school bus had to be rescued from flood waters on March 27th west of Columbus. No injuries were reported.
March 2008FloodGarden City$15,000Flooding occurred along the East Fork White River in Bartholomew County, including near Columbus, due to heavy rain and snow melt.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGarden City$10,000A tree crashed onto a cabin along the Driftwood River and trapped the resident inside for two hours. The smashed porch closed off the cabin's only outside door.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGarden City$2,500A thunderstorm wind gust of 47 mph was measured in this location where 8-inch tree limbs were broken off trees near the 4H Fairgrounds.
June 2018FloodGarden City$1,000Some street flooding, perhaps a few inches deep, was observed on Washington Street near 16th Street in Columbus due to heavy rainfall. This report was received via Facebook.
May 2010Flash FloodGarden City$1,000Flash flooding was reported at the intersection of 13th Street and Washington Street.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGarden City$200A six inch tree limb was broken a tree due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2017HailGarden City-no account filed
May 2011HailGarden City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bartholomew 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
Columbus1.4 miles14
East Columbus2.1 miles14
Bethel Village2.2 miles14
Walesboro2.8 miles14
North Columbus3.7 miles14
Forest Park3.8 miles14
Everroad Park3.9 miles14
Parkside4.0 miles14

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 Garden CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5522192The 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 434943. 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.

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.