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Loogootee, Indiana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47553. The Survey maps it on the Loogootee quadrangle. 2,601 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 538 feet above sea level.

Loogootee within Martin County

On record in Loogootee

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Loogootee fell from 2,751 to 2,601 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,751
20202,601-150 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Loogootee in 2020, burning about 4 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
8 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresHoosier National ForestDAVIS SCHOOL ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Martin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Loogootee: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. 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
General Refractories QuarrySilicaPast Producer
Mineral Resources PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Martin County

Storms near this place

43 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loogootee in 43 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 30 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 5 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$100,000Widespread tree damage from thunderstorm wind gusts occurred around West|Boggs Lake north of Loogootee where hundreds of trees were downed.
July 1996LightningLoogootee$70,000no account filed
April 2020Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$50,000Three houses and one business had significant roof damage due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$40,000A large tree was snapped 10 feet above the base along Highway 231 at Butcher Avenue due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Several other trees were down throughout the city. Some vehicles were damaged from falling tree. Power was out to the entire city.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$20,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$15,000no account filed
July 2020Flash FloodLoogootee$10,000Highway 450 was closed for most of the night due to up to 3 feet of water that was flowing over the road. Highway 50 was also closed along with numerous roads within the town of Shoals. Flooding was noted to be the most severe in recent memory.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$10,000A thunderstorm wind gust, estimated at 60 mph, was reported in Loogootee. Reports of minor damage to mobile homes and a snapped railroad sign were also reported.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$9,000A few trees were reported down in the city of Loogootee due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Two power poles were also reported to have sustained damage.
August 2025FloodLoogootee$5,000Several streets were flooded in the town of Loogootee due to heavy rainfall. A nearby station reported 3.50 inches.
August 2020Flash FloodLoogootee$5,000Highway 450 was closed for most of the night due to up to 3 feet of water that was flowing over the road. Highway 50 was also closed along with numerous roads within the town of Shoals. Flooding was noted to be the most severe in recent memory. The exact end time for when the shift from Flash Flood to flood is uncertain with an estimate used for the purposes of Storm Data.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$4,000Trees were reported down on Brickyard Road.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$4,000Numerous trees were reported down off of State Route 231 near 100S. No damage was reported.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$4,000Trees were reported down on Cherry Street in East Loogootee.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$3,000Several large tree limbs were snapped on the northside of Loogootee due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$2,000Trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2017Flash FloodLoogootee$2,000Numerous roads were flooded in Loogootee due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. Several roads were closed due to water flowing over them.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$2,000A tree was reported down and blocking the roadway on Highway 231 about a half mile south of Loogootee. Another tree was reported down on County Road 100 S near 1300 E.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$2,000A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was estimated in Loogootee. A tree also downed power lines in Loogootee as well.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$2,000Several large limbs were blown down in Loogootee.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$1,000A 12-inch diameter tree was downed across US Highway 50 between Shoals and Loogootee due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2011Flash FloodLoogootee$1,000A trained spotter reported major flash flooding along with 2.22 inches of rainfall.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$1,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$1,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$500no account filed
April 2011Thunderstorm WindLoogootee$250Tree limbs, at least four inches in diameter, were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 2026HailLoogootee-Numerous reports nearby up to 1.75 inches.
June 2023HailLoogootee-Thunderstorm hail larger than baseballs near Loogootee, amid quarter to golf ball sized hail over parts of west-central Martin County.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLoogootee-A 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindLoogootee-Trees were downed near Highway 231.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindLoogootee-Trees were blown down.
April 2025HailLoogootee-no account filed
April 2025HailLoogootee-no account filed
June 2007HailLoogootee-no account filed
April 2007HailLoogootee-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindLoogootee-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindLoogootee-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindLoogootee-no account filed
July 2001Flash FloodLoogootee-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindLoogootee-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindLoogootee-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindLoogootee-no account filed
March 1997Thunderstorm WindLoogootee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Martin 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
Scenic Hill1.1 miles13
Mount Pleasant2.1 miles13
Whitfield4.0 miles12
Hindostan Falls4.9 miles12
Shoals Overlook5.8 miles15
Shoals6.6 miles15
Pleasant Valley6.7 miles15
Dover Hill6.8 miles15

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 LoogooteeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2718176The 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 438296. 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.