Rego, Indiana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Stampers Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47125. It stands on Duck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hardinsburg quadrangle.

Rego within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1947 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:24000
1949 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1966 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:24000
1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

7 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Rego between 2001 and 2018, burning about 135 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
Debris and open burning	6
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
30 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Hoosier National Forest	LITTLE AFRICA
12 April 2018	Debris and open burning	77 acres	Hoosier National Forest	PIPELINE
21 March 2014	Debris and open burning	11 acres	Hoosier National Forest	STAMPER
11 March 2014	Debris and open burning	3.3 acres	Hoosier National Forest	SOUTHEAST
28 February 2004	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Hoosier National Forest	WASHINGTON FIRE
12 November 2001	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Hoosier National Forest	OAKGROVE
28 October 2001	Debris and open burning	12 acres	Hoosier National Forest	COMPTON CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rego in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2026: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
December 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Rego	$15,000	An amateur radio operator reported that severe thunderstorm winds resulted in minor roof damage. In addition, severe winds lifted an aluminum carport off its foundation.
March 2026	Hail	Rego	-	Nickel to quarter size hail was observed in the eastern part of Orange County, near the Rego community. In French Lick and Paoli, smaller hailstones covered the ground.
April 2013	Hail	Rego	-	One inch hail and winds of 40 to 45 mph was reported from a location 10 miles southeast of Paoli.
April 2026	Hail	Rego	-	no account filed
May 2022	Hail	Rego	-	no account filed

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Trotter Crossing	3.1 miles	11
Chambersburg	4.6 miles	14
Millersburg	5.1 miles	11
Valeene	5.3 miles	15
Mahan Crossing	5.6 miles	11
Pearsontown	5.9 miles	15
Stampers Creek	6.1 miles	14
Pine Valley	7.0 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451385. 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.