BlockRileysburg, Indiana
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Highland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47932. The Survey maps it on the Danville SE quadrangle. It stands 650 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1899 USGS Danville quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Danville quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Danville SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Danville SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Danville SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
9,160 words on this townshipBiographical and Historical Record of Vermillion County, Indiana : Containing Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with Accompanying Biographies of Each; a Condensed History of the State of Indiana; Portraits and Biographies of Some of the Prominent Men of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens in Vermillion County, with Personal Histories of Many of the Leading Families, and a Concise History of the County and Its Villages, published 1888 names this settlement in its chapter on Highland Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
A " Christian''^ church, with about a half dozen members, was organized at Perrysville five or six years ago, by Elder Gilbert Lane Harney, of Indianapolis, but they kept up services only a few weeks. The leading members were C. S. Brummett and wife, John Emanuel Sinks, Sarah Bailey, Mrs. Ilettie Lacey, and others.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Highland Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rileysburg: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Valley Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thomas Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rileysburg in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 6 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2013 | Tornado (EF2) | Rileysburg | $300,000 | At 1422EST, this EF-2 tornado developed along the Illinois-Indiana state line, just west of Rileysburg. A church was pushed off its foundation and the exterior walls collapsed in Rileysburg. A train car was also pushed off railroad tracks and a grain elevator was damaged in Rileysburg. Two mobile homes were completely destroyed to the west-southwest of Covington. At 1425EST, the tornado moved into south-central Warren County. Some trees were downed west of Covington in Warren County. The tornado lifted 2 miles west of Covington at 1426EST. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rileysburg | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree onto a road. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Rileysburg | $1,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River north-northeast of Perrysville, Indiana, in the proximity of Covington, Indiana of neighboring Fountain County. The river crested 8.1 feet above flood stage on May 18th at a reading of 24.1 feet. Damage costs are grossly estimated. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rileysburg | $500 | Trees and power lines blown down. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Rileysburg | - | Extensive flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County near Covington, IN. The river crested 9.69 feet above flood stage at the Covington river gauge on March 13th, a reading of 25.69 feet. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Rileysburg | - | Extensive flooding of lowland and higher bottomlands occurred along the Wabash River northeast of Perrysville, Indiana of Vermillion County around the neighboring Covington, Indiana area of Fountain County. The river crested twice. The first crest was the highest at 22.2 feet on April 9th, 6.2 feet above flood stage. The secondary crest was at 19.6 feet on the 17th. These readings were obtained at the Covington river gauge. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Rileysburg | - | Rainfall and warm temperatures that occurred on and off during the second half of December led to extensive lowland flooding on the Wabash River during late December and early January, affecting Vermillion County near Covington. Higher bottomlands also flooded. This flood event is a continuation from December. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Rileysburg | - | Flooding of bottomlands occurred along the Wabash River near Tree Spring, Indiana, which is about 3.5 miles southwest of Covington, Indiana in neighboring Fountain County. The river crested 3.2 feet above flood stage on May 4th at a reading of 19.2 feet. Flooding of this magnitude typically affects low agricultural land, a county park, and backyards of river cabins. Damage costs are grossly estimated. |
| December 2008 | Flood | Rileysburg | - | Rainfall and warm temperatures that occurred on and off during the second half of December led to extensive lowland flooding on the Wabash River during late December and early January, affecting Vermillion County near Covington. Higher bottomlands also flooded. This flood event continued into January. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Rileysburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gessie | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Flat Iron | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Tree Spring | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Perrysville | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Eugene | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cayuga | 11.3 miles | 13 | |
| Newport | 16.4 miles | 13 | |
| Quaker | 17.1 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 Rileysburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7334268 | 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 442041. 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.
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.