Taswell, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Patoka Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47175. It stands on Highfill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Taswell quadrangle. It stands 778 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Taswell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Taswell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Taswell quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Taswell between 1994 and 2020, burning about 189 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BAILER |
| 5 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | HEMLOCK |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | KEMP FIRE |
| 20 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | LIVE FIRE |
| 13 July 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | RIDDLE |
| 27 June 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | LIGHTNING STRIKE |
| 30 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | GREEN FIRE |
| 9 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | HEMLOCK CLIFFS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Taswell: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckerty Mine | Stone | Producer | ||
| Eckerty Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taswell in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 11 injuries. 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 2004 | Tornado (F3) | Taswell | 1 killed, 11 hurt, $5,000,000 | A tornado touched down near Taswell in northwest Crawford County. The tornado passed north of English, then reached it's maximum intensity as it reached the town of Marengo. Newspaper reports indicate that 50 to 60 homes in Marengo were destroyed, and another 100 were damaged. Approximately 80 percent of the buildings in Marengo received some degree of damage from the tornado. The tornado's last contact with the ground was north of Milltown in extreme northeast Crawford County. The tornado exhibited multiple vortices along it's track, and occasionally lifted off the ground. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taswell | $20,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down in Taswell, Indiana. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Taswell | $10,000 | A Crawford County official reported that a family was evacuated and rescued due to high water and flash flooding in Taswell. The dispatcher also reported that numerous roads throughout the county were closed and impassable because of flash flooding. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain quickly fell in the area from a localized slow moving thunderstorm. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taswell | - | A large tree was uprooted and fell on a pickup truck. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taswell | - | There were half a dozen trees snapped along State Road 64. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taswell | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. Damage costs are unknown. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taswell | - | State officials reported multiple trees down across Crawford County. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Taswell | - | A trained spotter reported hail 0.75 inches in diameter. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taswell | - | A trained spotter reported a measured gust of 64 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taswell | - | Emergency management reported several trees down near the intersection of Indiana State Highway 64 and Patoka School Road. |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taswell | - | Several trees down |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Taswell | - | A bridge washed out near Highway 37 |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taswell | - | Dispatch reported trees down on state road 64. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Taswell | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Taswell | - | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Hail | Taswell | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taswell | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Taswell | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Taswell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mifflin | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Eckerty | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Tunnel Hill | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Brownstown | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Wickliffe | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| English | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Riceville | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Grantsburg | 5.8 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 Taswell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7687765 | 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 451541. 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.







