BlockPikeville, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lockhart Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47590. It stands on Beadens Creek. The Survey maps it on the Velpen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1902 USGS Ditney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Velpen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Velpen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Pikeville in 2002, burning about 60 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Hoosier National Forest | PIKE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pikeville in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Pikeville | $120,000 | The tornado touched down in Pikeville and moved east, lifting just west of the Dubois County border. Peak winds were estimated near 110 MPH. A mobile home was destroyed when it was picked up and thrown into a barn. The barn was also destroyed. The tornado moved a combine 15 to 20 yards and dropped it on a cow. The cow was killed, and the combine was damaged. Numerous trees were either blown down or snapped off halfway. As the tornado went over a pond, an eyewitness saw water sucked up into the funnel. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Pikeville | - | Quarter size hail fell 1.5 miles south southwest of Pikeville. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Pikeville | - | Southeast parts of Pike County experienced some flooding. Water was over county roads, and severe ponding occurred on Highway 64. Cup Creek was at bankful. A Cocorahs observer measured 0.80 inches in 30 minutes. |
| November 2010 | Heavy Rain | Pikeville | - | Heavy rain was reported for several hours. Ditches and creeks ran out of their banks. |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Pikeville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velpen | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Fritz Corner | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Hartwell Junction | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Hartwell | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Zoar | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Stendal | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Augusta | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Survant | 4.3 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 441138. 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.
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.