BlockBefore

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.

Taswell within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

38 since 1994

Regional 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 burning20
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHoosier National ForestBAILER
5 September 2007Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresHoosier National ForestHEMLOCK
22 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresHoosier National ForestKEMP FIRE
20 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresHoosier National ForestLIVE FIRE
13 July 2001Debris and open burning3.0 acresHoosier National ForestRIDDLE
27 June 2001Naturalunder an acreHoosier National ForestLIGHTNING STRIKE
30 May 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHoosier National ForestGREEN FIRE
9 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoosier National ForestHEMLOCK CLIFFS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Eckerty MineStoneProducer
Eckerty QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

19 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2004Tornado (F3)Taswell1 killed, 11 hurt, $5,000,000A 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 2019Thunderstorm WindTaswell$20,000Trees and power lines were reported down in Taswell, Indiana.
July 2015Flash FloodTaswell$10,000A 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 2024Thunderstorm WindTaswell-A large tree was uprooted and fell on a pickup truck.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindTaswell-There were half a dozen trees snapped along State Road 64.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindTaswell-Trees and power lines were blown down. Damage costs are unknown.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindTaswell-State officials reported multiple trees down across Crawford County.
March 2016HailTaswell-A trained spotter reported hail 0.75 inches in diameter.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindTaswell-A trained spotter reported a measured gust of 64 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindTaswell-Emergency management reported several trees down near the intersection of Indiana State Highway 64 and Patoka School Road.
September 1999Thunderstorm WindTaswell-Several trees down
June 1999Flash FloodTaswell-A bridge washed out near Highway 37
June 1998Thunderstorm WindTaswell-Dispatch reported trees down on state road 64.
March 2025HailTaswell-no account filed
March 2012HailTaswell-no account filed
January 2008HailTaswell-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindTaswell-no account filed
April 2007HailTaswell-no account filed
March 2006HailTaswell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Mifflin2.2 miles13
Eckerty2.9 miles13
Tunnel Hill3.0 miles13
Brownstown4.5 miles15
Wickliffe4.9 miles13
English5.1 miles14
Riceville5.6 miles13
Grantsburg5.8 miles14

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 TaswellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7687765The 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.