BlockSouth Washington, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47501. The Survey maps it on the Washington quadrangle. It stands 482 feet above sea level.
On record in South Washington
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Jefferson Elementary Schoollisted 1997 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1944 USGS Washington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Washington quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
136,139 words on this townshipHistory of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana : from the Earliest Time to the Present; with Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. ; Together with an Extended History of the Colonial Days of Vincennes, and Its Progress Down to the Formation of the State Government, published 1886; History of Daviess County, Indiana : Its People, Industries and Institutions ... with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Washington Township - 136,139 words.
Fires near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of South Washington between 2003 and 2007, burning about 11 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 4 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 19 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 28 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 21 November 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 25 October 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of South Washington: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daviess County Highway Dept. | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Washington in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | South Washington | $40,000 | The parent storm was moving southeast at 60 mph through southwest Daviess County, with a brief spin-up occurring along the line. This EF-2 tornado, with winds of approximately 113 mph, did damage that included walls blown out of a garage that was attached to a home, along with the destruction of a pole barn. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Washington | $7,000 | A school's portable building was blown off it's foundation due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. A nearby trailer was also damaged. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Washington | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree at the intersection of County Roads 125 East and 400 South. |
| June 2023 | Hail | South Washington | - | Thunderstorm hail lasted about five minutes. |
| April 2013 | Hail | South Washington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Maysville | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Thomas | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Jordan | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Sandy Hook | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Cumback | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Black Oak | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lettsville | 5.8 miles | 15 |
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 South Washington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7568806 | 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 443867. 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.