Schererville, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in St. John Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46375. The Survey maps it on the Saint John quadrangle. 29,646 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 669 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSchererville grew from 29,243 to 29,646 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 29,243 | |
| 2020 | 29,646 | +403 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS St. John quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS St. John quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Kankakee quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS St. John quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Schererville in 2009, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | HOOSIER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Schererville: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Yard M Clay Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schererville in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flood, 1 lightning. 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 2015 | Hail | Schererville | $50,000 | Golf ball size hail fell across Schererville causing damage to vehicles. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schererville | $35,000 | A tractor trailer was blown off the road and trees were blown down. Several dugouts, fencing and a set of bleachers were damaged at a youth baseball complex at Rohrman Park. |
| May 2007 | Lightning | Schererville | $20,000 | Lightning struck an apartment building, which started a fire in the attic. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Schererville | $10,000 | A car become stranded on a flooded roadway in Schererville. |
| April 1996 | Hail | Schererville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| December 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schererville | $5,000 | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down. A fence was blown down and shingles were blown off houses. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schererville | $2,000 | Several tree limbs blown down, some on a home which broke windows. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schererville | - | A photo showed an 8 inch diameter tree that was snapped. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schererville | - | A photo shared on social media showed a large tree limb snapped near Route 30 and Route 41. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Schererville | - | Nickel size hail reported at 85th and Marquette. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schererville | - | Estimated gust to 60 mph south of Route 30 and east of Route 41. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schererville | - | Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schererville | - | A gust was estimated to 75 mph. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schererville | - | Wind gusts estimated to 60 mph. |
| July 2006 | Flood | Schererville | - | Four inches of water reported on Route 41, three quarters of a mile south of Route 30. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schererville | - | Wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schererville | - | Five willow trees were downed at a golf course. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Schererville | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schererville | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Schererville | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schererville | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Schererville | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Schererville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Hills | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Saint John | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hartsdale | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| New Elliott | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Rolling Hill Estates | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Dyer | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Griffith | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Lincoln Village | 3.9 miles | 12 |
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 Schererville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1018273 | 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 443066. 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.






