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New Lebanon, Indiana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Gill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47882. The Survey maps it on the Sullivan quadrangle. It stands 518 feet above sea level.

New Lebanon within Sullivan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

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 New Lebanon: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
West Carlisle Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sullivan County

Storms near this place

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Lebanon in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
April 2025Flash FloodNew Lebanon$100,000Flooding on south section of the street near Family Dollar and Back street. Cars having to slow down due to flowing water. Total rainfall was around 3.75 inches.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindNew Lebanon$80,000Thunderstorm wind damage consistent with straight line winds during a brief downburst. The line of thunderstorms produced a very brief bowing segment around 1208 am EST from just south of Merom to just north of County Road 625 South. Assessment of damage shows property and debris thrown in a generally eastward direction with little or no lofting of debris noted.||Thunderstorm winds blew over a recreational vehicle into a pick-up truck at 5151 West County Road 400 South. This impact rolled the truck upside down. Walls of a pole barn were compromised and blown out. HVAC compressor next to the adjacent house was blown off its platform although essentially no damage occurred to house. The yard showed no signs of swirls. Local resident also reported on social media that trees and power lines were also down. Debris from other damage was also reported in the road 1.75 mile to the WSW at Indiana Route 58 and County Road 450 South.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindNew Lebanon$30,000Roof was blown off a barn, and a large propane tank was moved.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindNew Lebanon$1,000Trees and power lines were downed.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindNew Lebanon-A thunderstorm wind gust measured at 73 mph was observed on Highway 54, west of Sullivan.
May 2002HailNew Lebanon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sullivan 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
Merom Station3.7 miles20
Paxton4.6 miles15
Sullivan5.1 miles15
Merom5.2 miles20
Riverton5.3 miles20
Carlisle6.1 miles14
Benefiel Corner6.9 miles18
Graysville6.9 miles20

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 LebanonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14688691The 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 440072. 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.