Gasburg, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46158. It lies near Keller Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mooresville West quadrangle. It stands 846 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Mooresville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mooresville West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
2,614 words on this townshipCounties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Monroe Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Monroe Township - 2,614 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Gasburg in 2005, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 October 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Gasburg: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen Shale Prdts Brick Plnt/Brooklyn | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Adams Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Brooklyn | Clay | Producer | ||
| Groninger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hopkins Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Port Royal | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gasburg in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Flood | Gasburg | 1 killed | A flood fatality occurred as the victim was clearing debris from a private pond. After the debris was cleared, a whirlpool formed in the pond and the man was sucked underneath. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Gasburg | $100,000 | Water rescues performed in northern Morgan county. Rapidly rising waters also got into several homes across the county. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Gasburg | $4,000 | Heavy thunderstorm rains flooded roads over a large portion of Morgan county, including Logap, State Route 39, Downey, Mahalasville, State Route 252, and State Route 42 over towards Cloverdale. Several roads were closed due to high water, including Interstate 70 and Everett Road. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gasburg | $1,000 | Power lines were reported down near Echo Lake due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gasburg | $1,000 | An eight inch diameter, healthy tree was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Gasburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allman | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Hart | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bunker Hill | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Monrovia | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sundown Manor | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Mooresville | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Brookmoor | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Ridgewood | 4.2 miles | 14 |
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 Gasburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5526384 | 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 447645. 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.






