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Lexington, Indiana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lexington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47138. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blocher quadrangle. It stands 682 feet above sea level.

Lexington within Scott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lexington in 2010, burning about 60 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
13 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresBig Oaks National Wildlife RefugeLEXINGTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lexington: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hardy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lexington in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
January 2008Tornado (EF1)Lexington$70,000An EF1 tornado touched down just east of Lexington. It snapped and uprooted trees, destroyed a mobile home, and caused roof damage to a number of homes.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindLexington$2,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindLexington$2,000no account filed
March 2024Thunderstorm WindLexington-A tree blew down on State Road 3.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLexington-A tree fell down on a road.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindLexington-A tree was down in Lexington.
October 2021Tornado (EF0)Lexington-The National Weather Service in Louisville conducted a storm damage survey across Scott county, Indiana. The survey team found damage consistent with 80 mph winds in Lexington, Indiana. The tornado began at the Lexington cemetery and continued all the way to the Lexington fire and rescue. The tornado uprooted, twisted, and snapped numerous trees at the cemetery with the trees falling in a northerly, northeasterly, southeasterly, and southwesterly direction. This is where the widest part of the tornado was observed with approximately a 75 yard width.||Several trees were snapped along Charlestown Road with more significant damage along South Stuard Street. A couple of homes had shingle damage and loose items such as gas cans and garden decorations that were thrown 50 yards.||Power crews were working feverishly to restore power all along South Mulberry Street, where trees were thrown in multiple directions and across power lines. Power company workers said that several of the power poles were snapped or cracked.||The tornado continued along South Cherry St. with a very narrow path of only 40 to 50 yards, and lifted around the Lexington Fire and Rescue. Several witnesses told us that they heard windows being opened up and a distinct roar in the air.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLexington-Local law enforcement reported a tree down at 5600 Split Stump road in Lexington.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLexington-The Scott County emergency management reported several trees down near Lexington, Indiana.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindLexington-Several trees were blown down on Kinderhook Rd. The time was estimated based on radar.
September 2003Flash FloodLexington-State Road 356 north of Lexington, and sections of four other roads in the Lexington area, were impassable due to high water.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindLexington-Basketball goals were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
July 2004HailLexington-no account filed
May 2003HailLexington-no account filed
July 1999HailLexington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Nabb3.2 miles8
Goshen4.7 miles10
Blocher4.8 miles10
Wooster6.8 miles10
New Frankfort7.4 miles10
Vienna7.6 miles12
Scottsburg8.0 miles12
Pigeon Roost Station8.4 miles11

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 LexingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3826256The 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 437811. 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.