Waymansville, Indiana
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47201. The Survey maps it on the Waymansville quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1942 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Waymansville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Waymansville quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Waymansville between 1999 and 2018, burning about 70 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | LUTHERAN LAKE |
| 7 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | MT HEALTHY |
| 31 March 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | OGALA 2 |
| 31 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | LEHMAN |
| 27 March 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Hoosier National Forest | CALLAHAM FIRE |
| 23 March 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | OGOLA |
| 22 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SPRAYTOWN FIRE |
| 5 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Hoosier National Forest | HARRIS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waymansville in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waymansville | $500,000 | Four miles north of Columbus a highway sign was blown down. At Waymansville several trailers were damaged, and 9 homes sustained roof damage. Also at Waymansville a carport was destroyed at a business, one barn was heavily damaged, and 3 other barns sustained minor damage. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waymansville | $500 | Tree limbs blown down. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Waymansville | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waymansville | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Waymansville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Healthy | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Ogilville | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| North Ogilville | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Grandview Lake | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Rosstown | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bethany | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Jonesville | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Harrison Lake | 8.4 miles | 18 |
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 Waymansville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7975965 | 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 451610. 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.
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.







