Jasonville, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wright Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47438. The Survey maps it on the Jasonville quadrangle. 1,983 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 633 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresJasonville fell from 2,222 to 1,983 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 | 2,222 | |
| 2020 | 1,983 | -239 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1940 USGS Jasonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Jasonville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Jasonville between 2001 and 2008, burning about 86 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 30 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 July 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 25 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 June 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jasonville in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2018: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasonville | 1 hurt, $18,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts knocked a tree down onto a trailer and also blew the roof off a business. One person sustained broken bones. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasonville | $15,000 | Some tree damage and minor roof damage occurred to structures near Jasonville due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasonville | $15,000 | Numerous trees were downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts. This included one tree that fell on a house and heavily damaged the structure. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasonville | $10,000 | Utility poles and power lines were reported down in several locations due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasonville | $10,000 | Mobile home overturned |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasonville | $8,000 | Multiple trees were downed across Shakamak State Park due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Jasonville | $5,000 | Roadways were covered and previous flooding conditions were exacerbated due to heavy rainfall that caused renewed flash flooding. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Jasonville | - | An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was also observed in this location. |
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Jasonville | - | Heavy thunderstorm rainfall of 6.10 inches was measured by automated rain equipment at Shakamak State Park near Jasonville. |
| June 2008 | Heavy Rain | Jasonville | - | Heavy rainfall totaled 0.50 inches within 15 minutes and 0.80 inches after 30 minutes. This was recorded and reported by automated equipment, referred to as a LARC, in Shakamak State Park. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Jasonville | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasonville | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasonville | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasonville | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Jasonville | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Jasonville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redcuff Corner | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Midland | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Gilmour | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Midland Junction | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Lone Tree | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Antioch | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Vicksburg | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Hoosier | 6.7 miles | 19 |
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 Jasonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2610564 | 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 436943. 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.
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.






