BlockNew Farmington, Indiana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47274. The Survey maps it on the Chestnut Ridge quadrangle. It stands 617 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Chestnut Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of New Farmington between 1999 and 2019, burning about 40 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge | VAN FIRE |
| 17 May 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge | ENDICOTT |
| 1 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge | ABC |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 New Farmington: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spray Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Farmington in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Farmington | $7,000 | A chimney was blown over onto a roof and shingles were torn off in large sections due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2017 | Flood | New Farmington | $1,000 | Highway 31 was flooded with 8 inches above the road due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Farmington | $1,000 | A 3-foot diameter, healthy tree was damaged near the intersection of County Roads 900 East and 300 North. |
| April 2025 | Hail | New Farmington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kriete Corner | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Chestnut Ridge | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Seymour | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Newry | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Sunset Parkway | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hangman Crossing | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Rockford | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Fleming | 4.6 miles | 8 |
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 Farmington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14688688 | 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 440046. 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.