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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 8 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | CHAPEL HILL SOUTH |
| 23 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 21 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | THE WOODS |
| 11 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | VALLEY MISSION |
| 31 March 2014 | Other causes | 3.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | KENTUCKY HOLLOW |
| 18 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | GUTHRIE ROAD FIRE |
| 11 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SALT |
| 1 March 1992 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sieboldt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sphalerite Occurrence Z70 | Lead, Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sphalerite | |
| Cleveland Stone Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Number 3 Needmore Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Dark Hollow Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Diehl Hollow Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Elliott Stone Company, Inc. | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Guthrie Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Joyner Plant | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Klondike Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Judah | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged buildings across the county with no specific location noted. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Judah | $15,000 | Part 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Judah | $10,000 | Rainfall, 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Judah | $5,000 | There were reports of several trees down along Judah Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| February 2008 | Flash Flood | Judah | $5,000 | Flash 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Judah | $1,000 | A one foot diameter tree limb was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts at State Route 37 and Old Indiana 37. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Judah | - | Golf ball sized hail was observed on State Road 37 near the Monroe/Lawrence county line. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Judah | - | A wind gust, estimated at 60 mph, was observed 5 miles north of Oolitic. Pea sized hail also accompanied the wind gust. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Judah | - | 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.
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 Judah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14688518 | 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 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.









