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Southwood, Indiana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Honey Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47802. The Survey maps it on the Terre Haute quadrangle. It stands 495 feet above sea level.

Southwood within Vigo County

On record in Southwood

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

9 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Southwood between 2002 and 2005, burning about 253 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
11 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 July 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 April 2004Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
14 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 February 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Vigo County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Southwood: 5 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Terre Haute City Eng.StoneProducer
Harlan FarmSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pyramid Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
S. and G. Excavating PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Terre Haute North DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Terre Haute SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Whitlock Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Vigo County

Storms near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Southwood in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSouthwood$100,000Trees were downed in and near this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. There were reports of some trees on homes and vehicles. Also, WTHI-TV reported that a large business sign was lifted of its structure and tossed about 20 feet into the business' roof.
June 2008Flash FloodSouthwood$30,000Widespread flash flooding of agricultural land was inundated. Water rescues from flooded homes occurred in Terre Haute. Sugar and Otter Creeks were flooded. In Prairieton, horse buggies and hay wagons were stranded.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindSouthwood$28,000Shingles were reportedly pulled off several houses in the Spring Hill area of Terre Haute due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSouthwood$15,000A 10-foot by 10-foot hole was reported in a building at Highway 41 and McAllister Lane due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSouthwood$14,000Telephone poles were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Winds were estimated in excess of 70 mph.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSouthwood$5,000Trees were reported down at 7th Street and Spring Hill Drive due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2008Flash FloodSouthwood$1,000Flash flooding occurred on Springhill Road near State Road 41 as a result of torrential rainfall.
June 2010Flash FloodSouthwood$750Widespread flash flooding was reported south of Interstate 70, near Terre Haute.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSouthwood-Thunderstorm wind gust estimated by amateur radio operator.
March 2025HailSouthwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Vigo 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
Allendale0.8 miles17
Spring Hill1.5 miles17
Woodgate1.5 miles17
Youngstown3.0 miles15
Taylorville4.3 miles17
Terre Haute4.4 miles17
Prairieton4.5 miles15
Deming Woods4.6 miles18

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 SouthwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7571490The 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 443897. 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.