Oolitic, Indiana
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Shawswick Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47421. It lies near Diehl Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Oolitic quadrangle. 1,137 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresOolitic fell from 1,184 to 1,137 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,184 | |
| 2020 | 1,137 | -47 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Oolitic between 2002 and 2019, burning about 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | THE WOODS |
| 31 March 2014 | Other causes | 3.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | KENTUCKY HOLLOW |
| 17 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | MAPLE RIDGE FIRE |
| 18 February 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BRIARWOOD |
| 8 October 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SOUTH I FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Oolitic: 9 past producers, 8 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Co. Hwy. Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Baalbeck Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Bedford Ground Limestone Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bedford Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Number 3 Needmore Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Dark Hollow Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Dickenson Plant | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Diehl Hollow Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Elliott Stone Company, Inc. | Limestone, Dimension | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patton Hill | 0.7 miles | 22 | |
| East Oolitic | 0.7 miles | 22 | |
| Murdock | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Dark Hollow | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Avoca | 1.4 miles | 22 | |
| Thornton | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Needmore | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| Peerless | 2.0 miles | 22 |
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 Oolitic | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2652839 | 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 451301. 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.









