West Terre Haute, 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. It stands on East Little Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Terre Haute quadrangle. 2,157 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
On record in West Terre Haute
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 1 record
Bethany Congregational Churchlisted 2003
Population over time
2 figuresWest Terre Haute fell from 2,236 to 2,157 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 | 2,236 | |
| 2020 | 2,157 | -79 (-4%) |
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
40 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of West Terre Haute between 2001 and 2005, burning about 295 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| 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
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of West Terre Haute: 4 producers, 1 past producer, 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 | ||
| 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
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Terre Haute in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2010: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Terre Haute | $5,000 | Pieces of roofing material were blown off buildings due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Terre Haute | $2,000 | Numerous eight inch diameter limbs and power lines were reported down along US Highway 40 West. |
| April 2007 | Lightning | West Terre Haute | $1,000 | Lightning set fire to a vacant garage at 600 South 7th Street. The garage was completely destroyed. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Terre Haute | - | no account filed |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Terre Haute | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | West Terre Haute | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | West Terre Haute | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Terre Haute | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toad Hop | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Ferguson Hill | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Larimer Hill | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Taylorville | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Whitcomb Heights | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Terre Haute | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Liggett | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Marion Heights | 2.1 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 West Terre Haute | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2684949 | 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 445815. 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.








