Hayden, Indiana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Spencer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47265. The Survey maps it on the Hayden quadrangle. 501 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHayden fell from 521 to 501 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 | 521 | |
| 2020 | 501 | -20 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hayden quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hayden between 1999 and 2001, burning about 40 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge | ENDICOTT |
| 1 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge | ABC |
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 Hayden: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hayden in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 8 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Hayden | $65,000 | The tornado began at approximately 12:33 AM EDT around 6 miles west of North Vernon along County Road 700 West between County Roads 150 North and 300 North. The tornado destroyed a pole barn, damaged 2 homes, overturned tractors, downed trees and telephone poles, and laid down a corn field before lifting around 12:34 AM EDT. One of the homes had its roof blown off. There were no injuries. The path was approximately a half mile long and 75 yards wide. Based on the damage, the tornado was rated an EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale with winds estimated near 100 mph. |
| January 2020 | Flood | Hayden | $20,000 | Conservation officers were called to assist 2 cars that had driven into standing water on the road near the intersection of 700W and 400S. Several other cars drove into flooded waters around the county near the same time. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hayden | $7,000 | Trees were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hayden | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hayden | $1,000 | A tree was down in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hayden | $1,000 | A 67 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured in this location. Some limbs and small trees were downed as well. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hayden | $200 | A measured thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was observed in this location. Three inch diameter tree limbs were downed as well. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Hayden | - | Prolonged thunderstorm downpour flooded farmland across lowlands along Muscatatuck River and brought river near bank full. Most notable was water ten inches deep on roads alongside higher terrain. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Hayden | - | Thunderstorm produced golf-ball sized hail near Hayden. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hayden | - | A thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 mph was observed in Reddington. |
| April 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Hayden | - | A funnel cloud was reported by a trained spotter approximately two miles north of Hayden in Jennings County. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hayden | - | A tree was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Hayden | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Hayden | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Hayden | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Hayden | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Hayden | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Hayden | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hayden | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Hayden | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Corners | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| Country Squire Lakes | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Queensville | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| North Vernon | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Staples Ford | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Scipio | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Vernon | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lovett | 7.5 miles | 8 |
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 Hayden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5686277 | 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 435914. 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.




