Kewanna, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46939. The Survey maps it on the Kewanna quadrangle. 576 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 794 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKewanna fell from 613 to 576 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 | 613 | |
| 2020 | 576 | -37 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Kewanna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Knox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Kewanna: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowles & Simpson Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kewanna in 27 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 14 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 | Hail | Kewanna | $100,000 | County officials also reported numerous trees and power lines down across the southern part of the county. |
| August 2011 | Lightning | Kewanna | $10,000 | Emergency management officials reported lightning struck a tree, causing it to fall onto a house. No exact figures were given, but is estimated at $10,000. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewanna | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down across the western part of the county. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Kewanna | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewanna | $1,000 | A tree down. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewanna | $1,000 | A tree down. Time estimated from radar. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewanna | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down and roof damage to a home and a barn near Kewanna. A shed was also destroyed. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewanna | - | A tree was downed. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewanna | - | Multiple trees and utility lines down. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Kewanna | - | The public estimated nickle to quarter size hail. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Kewanna | - | The public reported penny to quarter sized hail northwest of Kewanna. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewanna | - | Law enforcement officials reported a tree down on Park Street. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Kewanna | - | Emergency management officials reported hail ranging from the size of quarters to ping pong balls. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewanna | - | Law enforcement officials reported a tree, as well as power lines down on State Route 17, north of Kewanna. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewanna | - | Law enforcement officials reported a tree as well as power lines down on State Route 17, north of Kewanna. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewanna | - | Several vehicles damaged from fallen trees. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewanna | - | Law enforcement reported trees down north of Kewanna. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewanna | - | Sheriff reported trees and power lines down in the western part of the county |
| September 2015 | Hail | Kewanna | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Kewanna | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Kewanna | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Kewanna | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Kewanna | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Kewanna | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Kewanna | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Kewanna | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Kewanna | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Lake Station | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Bruce | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Guise Park | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Grass Creek | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Marshtown | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Leiters Ford | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pershing | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Delong | 8.3 miles | 11 |
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 Kewanna | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2621376 | 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 437277. 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.
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.



