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Springville, Indiana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47462. It stands on Dry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Oolitic quadrangle. It stands 640 feet above sea level.

Springville within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Springville between 2002 and 2018, burning about 10 acres 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
Debris and open burning5
Other causes1

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
23 April 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestTHE WOODS
6 March 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestGOAT ISLAND
31 March 2014Other causes3.5 acresHoosier National ForestKENTUCKY HOLLOW
18 February 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreHoosier National ForestBRIARWOOD
2 December 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresHoosier National ForestRACKOVICH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Springville: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Number 3 Needmore QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Sieboldt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dark Hollow QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Diehl Hollow QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Klondike QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

13 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springville in 13 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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
November 2017Tornado (EF1)Springville$125,000This EF1 tornado produced damage north of Springville. Over a dozen structures had minor to moderate damage with the worst damage being two destroyed mobile homes and a garage being destroyed. Dozens of hardwood trees were either snapped off or uprooted.
February 2019FloodSpringville$45,000Creek was severely out of its banks and was flooding yards and flooding vehicles due to heavy rainfall.
November 2017Thunderstorm WindSpringville$18,000Widespread damage across portions of Springville near Popcorn Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. A mobile home was damaged, a trailer was knocked over, and numerous trees were damaged.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindSpringville$10,000no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindSpringville$7,000Numerous trees and power lines were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSpringville$5,000Trees and power lines were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindSpringville-A tree was reported down near Springville.
September 2008Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds in a few areas in the northern part of the county.
September 2008Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds north of Springville.
April 2024HailSpringville-no account filed
March 2020HailSpringville-no account filed
March 2012HailSpringville-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindSpringville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Red Hill1.2 miles22
Popcorn3.4 miles21
Avoca4.1 miles22
Judah4.7 miles22
Needmore4.8 miles22
Patton Hill5.0 miles22
Dark Hollow5.3 miles22
Fayetteville5.3 miles21

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 SpringvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7581234The 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 451499. 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.