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Prospect, Indiana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1993. It stands in French Lick Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47469. It stands on French Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the French Lick quadrangle.

Prospect within Orange County

On record in Prospect

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 within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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.

Fires near this place

23 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Prospect between 2000 and 2019, burning about 99 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 July 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHoosier National Forest56 S CURVE
9 April 2005Recreation and ceremony10 acresHoosier National ForestROLAND FIRE
27 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresHoosier National ForestCASINO
2 April 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHoosier National ForestROLAND POWER FIRE
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresHoosier National ForestSTEVENS SAWMILL
28 March 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestGOLF BALL
24 March 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresHoosier National ForestWEST BADEN RESTART
17 March 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresHoosier National ForestSTEVENS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

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 Prospect: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cave Quarries, Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prospect in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
January 2013Tornado (EF0)Prospect$25,000An EF-1 tornado damaged portions of a forest and a residence located just over 3 miles north of West Baden Springs, Indiana. Maximum wind speeds estimated around 85 to 95 mph accompanied this twister, which had a width of 75 yards and a length of 400 yards. EF-1 damage was surveyed at one home, where the roof was badly damaged. The porch of this home was thrown several feet. Several small twigs were driven through this resident's siding.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindProspect-A tree fell down and blocked US 150 near 725 West.
August 2021Flash FloodProspect-There were several reports of closed roads due to flooding across the county, including Orangeville Road near Prospect.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindProspect-The Orange County emergency manager reported trees down blocking portions of US 150 westbound.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindProspect-Trees were reported down near Highway 1040 and 150 North.

Every storm recorded in Orange 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
West Baden Springs0.9 miles15
French Lick2.0 miles15
Abydel2.9 miles15
Roland3.8 miles13
Orangeville4.8 miles14
Turleys5.0 miles15
Hindostan6.1 miles14
Scarlet6.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451366. 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.