BlockNew Fairfield, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fairfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47012. It stands on Blue Lick. The Survey maps it on the New Fairfield quadrangle. It stands 981 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1915 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:48000
- 1918 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Fairfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fairfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS New Fairfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
5,732 words on this townshipHistory of Franklin County, Indiana : Her People, Industries and Institutions, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Fairfield Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Fairfield Township - 5,732 words.
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Fairfield in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Fairfield | $1,000 | A tree was downed near State Route 101. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Lakeshore Resort | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Old Bath | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Whitcomb | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Blooming Grove | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Pinhook | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bath | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Brookville | 6.2 miles | 10 |
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 New Fairfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14688686 | 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 440045. 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.
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.