Winamac, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46996. The Survey maps it on the Winamac quadrangle. 2,318 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 709 feet above sea level.
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On record in Winamac
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 5 records
Pulaski County Courthouselisted 2007
Pulaski County Homelisted 2015
Tepicon Halllisted 1992
Dr. George W. Thompson Houselisted 1984
Vurpillat's Opera Houselisted 2002
Population over time
2 figuresWinamac fell from 2,490 to 2,318 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 | 2,490 | |
| 2020 | 2,318 | -172 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Winamac quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Knox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Winamac: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Roth Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winamac in 27 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 19 thunderstorm wind, 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | $30,000 | Numerous reports of trees and power lines down were received across the county. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | $10,000 | Grain elevator damaged. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | $10,000 | Trees down. Large limbs on cars. Minor roof damage to church. |
| December 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | $3,000 | A few trees were blown down. One tree limb was blown down onto a car. A carport was blown off of a house and a dog kennel blown across a yard. Damage is estimated at $3,000. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | $1,000 | Large tree down blocking E Hutchinson Rd. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | - | Reported from MPing. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | - | Trees down on 12th and Market St. in Winamac. |
| November 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | - | The public reported a 30 foot tall, seven inch diameter healthy tree was snapped in half. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | - | The public reported several branches as well as a few small trees blown down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | - | Law enforcement officials reported numerous trees down across northern parts of the county, especially north of Winamac. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Winamac | - | Emergency management officials reported golf ball size hail near Winamac. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Winamac | - | A trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail, which lasted for around two minutes. There was some minor damage to vehicles in the area. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 70 mph. Several two to four inch diameter branches were blown down in the area. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Winamac | - | Hail up to the size of quarters covered the ground. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | - | A tree was blown down in a local park. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | - | Numerous trees down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | - | Trees were blown down. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | - | Law enforcement reported trees down in and around Winamac. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | - | Law enforcement reported trees down east of Winamac. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | - | Law enforcement reported trees down northwest of Winamac. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | - | Trees and power lines down. Reported by COOP Observer. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winamac | - | Trees down. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Winamac | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Winamac | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Winamac | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Winamac | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Winamac | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanmeter Park | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Ripley | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lawton | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Beardstown | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pulaski | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Star City | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Denham | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Thornhope | 9.5 miles | 8 |
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 Winamac | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2483205 | 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 446163. 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.
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.



