New Marion, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Shelby Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47023. It stands on Campfire Creek. The Survey maps it on the Versailles quadrangle. It stands 919 feet above sea level.
On record in New Marion
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
Collin's Ford Bridgelisted 1996
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1946 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Versailles quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of New Marion between 2001 and 2020, burning about 2,967 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 280 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | K ROAD FIRE |
| 30 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | RANGE 9 FIRE |
| 6 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | RANGE 3 FIRE |
| 28 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | RANGE 5 FIRE |
| 26 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | RANGE 4 FIRE |
| 2 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | RANGE FIRE |
| 16 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | SHUNK FARM FIRE |
| 10 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 acres | Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge | SHRAPNEL FOUR FIRE |
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 Marion: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berry Materialsversailles Plntqy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Marion in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Marion | $40,000 | Three barns and a pole barn were heavily damaged. Several trees up to ten feet in diameter were downed along South 1000 Road. A tree also fell on a vehicle, causing minor damage. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | New Marion | $15,000 | Numerous roads were flooded, with several automobiles stranded in the high water. A bridge was washed out along County Road 850. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Marion | $10,000 | The sides of an old barn collapsed. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Marion | $3,000 | Power poles were knocked down. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Marion | $1,000 | Multiple large tree branches were downed near the New Marion Volunteer Fire Department. |
| June 2025 | Flood | New Marion | - | High water was reported along West County Road 450 South, between New Marion and South County Road 400 West. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | New Marion | - | High water was flowing over Old Michigan Road. |
| March 2017 | Flash Flood | New Marion | - | High water and debris were reported on several roads in the southwest part of the county. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | New Marion | - | There was high water on County Road 400. |
| June 1996 | Hail | New Marion | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jolleyville | 0.9 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Magdalen | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Correct | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Rexville | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| New Carrollton | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Holton | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Haney Corner | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Dabney | 5.7 miles | 9 |
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 Marion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14688696 | 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 440083. 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.




