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Judah, Indiana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Marshall Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47421. The Survey maps it on the Oolitic quadrangle. It stands 728 feet above sea level.

Judah within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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.

Fires near this place

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Judah between 1992 and 2018, burning about 31 acres 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
Debris and open burning8
Other causes1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestCHAPEL HILL SOUTH
23 April 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestTHE WOODS
11 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresHoosier National ForestVALLEY MISSION
31 March 2014Other causes3.5 acresHoosier National ForestKENTUCKY HOLLOW
18 March 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestGUTHRIE ROAD FIRE
11 March 2007Debris and open burning10 acresHoosier National ForestSALT
1 March 1992Debris and open burning9.0 acresHoosier National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Judah: 7 past producers, 5 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. 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
Sieboldt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sphalerite Occurrence Z70Lead, Zinc, SulfurOccurrenceSphalerite
Cleveland Stone Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Number 3 Needmore QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Dark Hollow QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Diehl Hollow QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Elliott Stone Company, Inc.Limestone, DimensionProducer
Guthrie QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Joyner PlantLimestone, DimensionProducer
Klondike QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Judah in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022Thunderstorm WindJudah$20,000Thunderstorm winds damaged buildings across the county with no specific location noted.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindJudah$15,000Part of a roof was peeled off at the Hillcrest Shops strip mall near the intersection of State Route 37 and Sieboldt Quarry Road in Judah due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2025Flash FloodJudah$10,000Rainfall, reported as great as 3.60 inches north of Oolitic, with bias-corrected radar estimates approaching 6.00 inches northeast of Guthrie, produced flash flooding. Goose Creek overflowed its banks with water flowing over nearby roads in the Oolitic area.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindJudah$5,000There were reports of several trees down along Judah Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
February 2008Flash FloodJudah$5,000Flash flooding occurred throughout Lawrence County due to heavy rain. Multiple roads were closed including Vinegar Hill, Old Buddha, Tunnelton Denniston, Bartlettsville, Dunn Bridge, Red Crane, Huron-Williams, and Paul Keith roads due to high water.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindJudah$1,000A one foot diameter tree limb was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts at State Route 37 and Old Indiana 37.
July 2012HailJudah-Golf ball sized hail was observed on State Road 37 near the Monroe/Lawrence county line.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindJudah-A wind gust, estimated at 60 mph, was observed 5 miles north of Oolitic. Pea sized hail also accompanied the wind gust.
May 2017HailJudah-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Stemm1.8 miles22
Guthrie1.8 miles22
Logan2.0 miles22
Needmore2.4 miles22
Peerless3.1 miles22
Avoca3.4 miles22
Coveyville3.5 miles18
Thornton3.6 miles22

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 JudahAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14688518The 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 451109. 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.