Pimento, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Linton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47866. The Survey maps it on the Pimento quadrangle. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
On record in Pimento
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
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1940 USGS Pimento quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pimento quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Pimento between 2003 and 2004, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 June 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 May 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 March 2003 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 14 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 4 November 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pimento in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pimento | $50,000 | Wet microburst from strong shower downed a couple tress and snapped several power poles. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pimento | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down across southern Vigo county. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pimento | $7,000 | Trees were downed along French Drive due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2009 | Lightning | Pimento | $5,000 | Lightning started a barn on fire on West French Road. Damage cost is a gross estimate. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pimento | $4,000 | Several large trees downed by thunderstorm wind gusts on the 11400 block of Sugar Lane. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pimento | $1,000 | A large tree limb was downed by thunderstorm wind gusts onto State Road 246. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pimento | $500 | Small tree limbs were reported down in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Pimento | $500 | The intersection of US Highway 41 and State Route 246 has nine inches of water over the road due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pimento | $250 | An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location. Power was knocked out at a gas station. Trash cans were sent flying across the lot. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Pimento | - | One-inch hail amid thunderstorm winds gusting to 45 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngstown | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Blackhawk | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Keller | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Woodgate | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Allendale | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Brown Jug Corner | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Prairieton | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Southwood | 6.6 miles | 17 |
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 Pimento | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7194634 | 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 441145. 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.







