Hashtown, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47424. It stands on Ritter Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bloomfield quadrangle. It stands 558 feet above sea level.
On record in Hashtown
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.
Greene County Courthouselisted 2008 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1908 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
2,196 words on this townshipEarly History of Greene County, Indiana ..., published 1875 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Richland Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Richland Township - 2,196 words.
Fires near this place
20 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Hashtown in 2008, burning about 14 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 21 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 13 July 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 9 November 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 November 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Hashtown: 14 occurrences, 8 prospects, 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Greene Co. Hwy. Dept.- Own Crews | Stone | Producer | ||
| Bloomfield Sand & Gravel Corp. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Greene County Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Deposit No. 4 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Deposit No. 4 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Deposit No. 6 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Deposit No. 6 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Deposit No. 7 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Deposit No. 7 | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hashtown in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Hashtown | $100,000 | Part of State Road 157 along with other county roads are closed due to flash flooding that was caused by heavy rainfall. Multiple homes were flooded in Jasonville and Worthington. State Road 54 was closed. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Hashtown | $15,000 | Department of Natural Resources was sent to rescue a person trapped in a car near State Road 54 due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hashtown | $1,000 | A tree was downed, along State Route 54, due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Hashtown | - | A funnel cloud was reported just north of this location and has been present for at least five minutes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Furnace | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Elliston | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mineral City | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Plummer | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Park | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Tulip | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Stalcup Corner | 5.3 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 Hashtown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5679095 | 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 435859. 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.







