Sulphur, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47118. The Survey maps it on the Beechwood quadrangle. It stands 712 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1950 USGS Alton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Beechwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Beechwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Beechwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur between 1992 and 2019, burning about 124 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | REST AREA - NORTH |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | REST AREA -WOODS |
| 11 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | HEMLOCK #2 |
| 11 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | HEMLOCK #1 |
| 29 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | LYNCH |
| 29 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BARN |
| 24 August 1999 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | UNION |
| 2 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | HAY BALE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sulphur in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Lightning | Sulphur | $300,000 | A trained spotter reported that lightning struck the Sulphur Pentecostal Church. According to the Crawford County emergency manager, the church was destroyed and determined to be a total loss. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur | $25,000 | The Crawford County emergency manager reported that severe thunderstorm winds blew off a porch from a mobile home and damaged a metal outbuilding. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur | $15,000 | A tree blew down on a power line. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur | - | Trees were blown over near Sulphur. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur | - | Local law enforcement reported trees down across the area. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Sulphur | - | A spotter reported a large amount of quarter sized hail that whitened the ground just northeast of Sulfur Springs. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Sulphur | - | A spotter reported 1 inch hail in Sulfur. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Sulphur | - | Public also reported a 45 to 50 mph wind gust. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur | - | Trees were downed. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Sulphur | - | 1 inch hail fell along I-64 near Sulphur |
| July 2018 | Hail | Sulphur | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur Springs | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Riddle | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Beechwood | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| West Fork | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Jericho | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Deuchars | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Switzer Crossroads | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Grantsburg | 4.2 miles | 14 |
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 Sulphur | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7636502 | 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 451522. 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.
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.








