BlockVincennes, Indiana
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Vincennes Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47591. The Survey maps it on the Vincennes quadrangle. 16,759 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 420 feet above sea level.
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On record in Vincennes
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 12 of 14 shown
William Henry Harrison HomeNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
George Rogers Clark National Historical Parklisted 1966
Gregg Parklisted 2013
Hack and Simon Office Buildinglisted 2003
Kimmell Parklisted 2013
Old Cathedral Complexlisted 1976
Old State Banklisted 1974
Shadowwoodlisted 2001
Territorial Capitol of Former Indiana Territorylisted 1973
Vincennes Fortnightly Clublisted 2000
Vincennes Historic Districtlisted 1974- Knox County Poor Asylumlisted 2018
Population over time
2 figuresVincennes fell from 18,423 to 16,759 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 18,423 | |
| 2020 | 16,759 | -1,664 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 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.
- 1915 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Vincennes in 2010, burning about 3 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 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | ALLEN |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | GARTNER |
| 15 April 2010 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | STATE |
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Vincennes: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knox County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lenahans and Konen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Schlomer Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
60 of 148 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vincennes in 148 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 86 thunderstorm wind, 27 hail, 17 flood, 11 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 1998 | Lightning | Vincennes | 1 killed | Lighning struck and killed a 45 year old male in a parking lot at the Southwest Indiana Regional Youth Village. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Vincennes | $10,000,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Knox County, including near Vincennes, due to heavy rain and breaks in a levee. The Wabash River levee failed early on the 10th downstream of Vincennes. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $500,000 | Multiple reports of structural damage reported in Vincennes with significant tree damage due to thunderstorm wind gusts across town. Widespread power outages also reported. |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Vincennes | $150,000 | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $100,000 | Snow plows were needed to clear the volume of tree damage and debris from roads across town. Numerous tree and tree limbs snapped due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2006 | Flood | Vincennes | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $75,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $50,000 | Several trees and utility lines downed by thunderstorm wind gusts across Vincennes. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $50,000 | A roof was blown off of a house due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Four used vehicles were damaged in a car lot and two trailers were damaged. On the south side of town a tractor sustained significant damage after a nearby building fell on top of it. Power lines and trees were reported down across the area. A FEMA trailer was blown over at a fire station due to the wins. At the VFW, the VFW sign fell onto a truck. Winds also caused an overhang of a building to be pulled away from the building. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Vincennes | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $25,000 | Semi truck was overturned by thunderstorm wind gusts across US Highway 41. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Vincennes | $20,000 | Water covered roads near this location due to heavy rainfall. Some cars were stalled in water. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $20,000 | Newspaper reported a tree down on a home in Monroe City and numerous trees down elsewhere from Vincennes to Monroe City. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $20,000 | A large open building at the Tractor Supply center was destroyed by high winds. Trees and power lines were also blown down by the thunderstorm. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $15,000 | Two different areas in Vincennes saw many uprooted and snapped off trees due to thunderstorm wind gusts. One of the areas was a mile north of the Executive Inn and the other was about two miles southeast of the same inn. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $15,000 | The brick veneer of a motel was blown off the building. |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Vincennes | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree onto a house in Vincennes before damaging a metal roof in Bruceville by peeling two sections of sheeting back. Wind gusts were estimated as high as 65 mph in Bicknell by Knox County EMA. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $10,000 | Semi blown off of US 41 south of Vincennes due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $10,000 | Several trees and utility lines down throughout Knox County in the Bicknell, Bruceville, Edwardsport, and Vincennes areas due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $10,000 | Numerous trees were downed across Vincennes due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $10,000 | A large tree fell on a house around the 1100 block of Sycamore Street due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Tree limbs, about ten inches in diameter and five feet long, were also reported down around the area. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $10,000 | Numerous trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts of an estimated 65 to 70 mph. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $10,000 | Trees were reported down around Vincennes due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| January 2008 | Flood | Vincennes | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Knox County, including near Red Skelton Bridge, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| January 2008 | Flood | Vincennes | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Knox County, including Vincennes, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| February 2008 | Flood | Vincennes | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Knox County, including near Red Skelton Bridge, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Vincennes | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Knox County, including near Red Skelton Bridge, due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until April 14th at 04:36. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Vincennes | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Knox County, including near Vincennes, due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until April 16th at 15:00. |
| January 2007 | Flood | Vincennes | $10,000 | The Wabash River at Vincennes remained above flood for almost all of January. Crests were as high as 6.6 feet above flood stage. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Vincennes | $10,000 | Flooding finally came to the Wabash in Knox County in late March. Water remained high into April. Crests were over three feet above flood stage. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $10,000 | Several trees were downed by high winds, one of which fell on a car. |
| December 2006 | Flood | Vincennes | $10,000 | The Wabash River flooded in Knox County. High water remained into January. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $8,000 | Trees and limbs were reported down in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $7,000 | A tree went through a house in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $7,000 | Trees were reported down in three separate locations in Vincennes, due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $6,000 | A solid, mature maple tree was uprooted at Hart and 5th Streets due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Several other trees were down in the same area. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $5,000 | Numerous reports of thunderstorm wind gusts downing trees across Vincennes. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $5,000 | Multiple trees downed by thunderstorm wind gusts on the southwest side of Vincennes. |
| October 2021 | Flood | Vincennes | $5,000 | One vehicle stalled in high water at the intersection of US Highway 41 and 6th Street. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $5,000 | A Co-op Observer saw several large tree branches snapped and one medium sized tree uprooted in Gregg Park due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $5,000 | Trees were reported down in Vincennes due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $3,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed two trees. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $3,000 | Emergency Management reports multiple trees downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts. Power outages due to downed power lines were also reported. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $3,000 | A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was estimated in Vincennes. Trees were reported down in this location as well. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $3,000 | Damaging thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees and caused minor damage to nearby buildings. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $2,000 | Tree downed over roadway by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $2,000 | A tree or tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $2,000 | A utility line was blown down by thunderstorm winds near 6th Street and Sycamore Street. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $2,000 | Trees downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts at Lester Square Memorial Park. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $2,000 | A tree was reported down near the Knights of Columbus and on South 15th Street in Vincennes due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Vincennes | $2,000 | A few cars stalled in high water flowing over city roadways. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $1,500 | A tree was downed on power lines on Parkinson Street due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fritchton | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Purcell | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Verne | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Saint Thomas | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Bruceville | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Beal | 8.8 miles | 18 | |
| Vollmer | 9.0 miles | 18 | |
| Ridgleville | 9.3 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 Vincennes | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q585857 | 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 445300. 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.