Taggart, Indiana
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hamblen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47448. It stands on Sweetwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beanblossom quadrangle. It stands 676 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1942 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Fruitdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Bean Blossom quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Beanblossom quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Taggart between 2007 and 2016, burning about 328 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 165 acres | Indiana Division of Forestry | INCOMING FIRE |
| 22 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 156 acres | Indiana Division of Forestry | TOO LATE FIRE |
| 16 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | 6.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | WEST BAKER HOLLOW |
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 Taggart: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambert Dimension Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taggart in 7 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taggart | $50,000 | Widespread thunderstorm straight-line winds of 80 to 90 mph created significant uprooted and broken trees within a wide area as well along the damage path of a nearby brief, EF0 tornado. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Taggart | $30,000 | The first tornado to impact central Indiana on May 21st, an EF0 tornado, downed numerous trees in a convergent pattern through a densely wooded area. Peak winds estimated at 84 mph. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taggart | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed individual trees on Salt Creek Road and Valley Branch Road and Railroad Road. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taggart | - | An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taggart | - | Trees were downed. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Taggart | - | Golf ball hail was reported at Sweetwater Lake. |
| November 2013 | Hail | Taggart | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatesville | 0.4 miles | 23 | |
| Sweetwater Lake | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Cordry Sweetwater Lakes | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Clarksdale | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Gnaw Bone | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Mount Liberty | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Spearsville | 5.6 miles | 23 | |
| Beanblossom | 5.9 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q7675214 | 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 444544. 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.










