BlockTaylorville, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sugar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47885. The Survey maps it on the Terre Haute quadrangle. It stands 591 feet above sea level.
On record in Taylorville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 12 of 25 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Paul Dresser Birthplacelisted 1973 · 0.5 miles away
Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 1975 · 0.5 miles away
Vigo County Courthouselisted 1983 · 0.5 miles away
Carr's Halllisted 1983 · 0.6 miles away
State Bank of Indiana, Branch of (Memorial Hall)listed 1973 · 0.7 miles away
Williams-Warren-Zimmerman Houselisted 1980 · 0.7 miles away
Building at 510-516 Ohio Streetlisted 1983 · 0.7 miles away
First National Banklisted 1992 · 0.7 miles away
Building at 23-27 S. Sixth Streetlisted 1983 · 0.8 miles away
Citizens' Trust Company Buildinglisted 1983 · 0.8 miles away
Star Buildinglisted 1983 · 0.8 miles away
First Congregational Churchlisted 1983 · 0.8 miles away
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.
- 1941 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Taylorville between 2001 and 2005, burning about 277 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 11 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 19 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 June 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 19 June 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Taylorville: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terre Haute City Eng. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Harlan Farm | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| S. and G. Excavating Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Standard Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Terre Haute North Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Terre Haute Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Whitlock Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taylorville in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 4 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2020 | Flood | Taylorville | $1,000 | Four to five inches of water was flowing up to a curb in Terre Haute near Indiana State University. No water over the road. |
| December 2007 | Flood | Taylorville | $500 | Heavy rain caused flooding along the Wabash River in Vigo County near Terre Haute. |
| July 2020 | Flood | Taylorville | - | Standing water in a few parking lots and a couple of roads across the town. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Taylorville | - | Low bottomlands flooded along the Wabash River in/near Terre Haute, Indiana. The river crested 3.7 feet above flood stage on May 4th at a reading of 17.7 feet. Flooding of this magnitude typically affects the lowest river cabins, agricultural land, some county roads. Damage costs are grossly estimated. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Taylorville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terre Haute | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| West Terre Haute | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Toad Hop | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Ferguson Hill | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Whitcomb Heights | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Twelve Points | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Marion Heights | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Larimer Hill | 2.6 miles | 17 |
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 Taylorville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7690277 | 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 444608. 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.