BlockYankeetown, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Anderson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47630. The Survey maps it on the Yankeetown quadrangle. It stands 449 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1905 USGS Newburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Yankeetown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Yankeetown quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
67 words on this townshipWarrick and Its Prominent People : a History of Warrick County, Indiana, from the Time of Its Organization and Settlement, with Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent People of the Past and Present, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Anderson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Anderson Township - 67 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Yankeetown: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Contained or Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrick Aluminum Reduction Plant | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yankeetown in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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 1996 | Tornado (F2) | Yankeetown | $500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yankeetown | $40,000 | A two-ton delivery truck was blown over into a small trailer. A lawn tractor was overturned. Several mainly small trees were uprooted, and several large limbs were broken. A two-story home suffered considerable shingle loss. The peak winds were estimated near 90 mph. The microburst damage area was about 300 yards wide and one-half mile long. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yankeetown | $30,000 | The roof of a building at a large aluminum plant was damaged. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yankeetown | $2,000 | A very damaging downburst began in extreme southeast Warrick County, along and just north of Indiana Route 66. Tree limbs were blown down in Warrick County. As the storm crossed into Spencer County, wind speeds increased rapidly to near 95 mph. A tree was uprooted along the county line. The vast majority of the eight-mile long downburst occurred in Spencer County. |
| January 2007 | Heavy Rain | Yankeetown | - | Old State Route 66 was closed after heavy rain caused a washout. |
| December 2011 | Flood | Yankeetown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bush | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Dayville | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Vanada | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Rustic Hills | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Pelzer | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bullocktown | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Hillcrest Terrace | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Newburgh | 6.0 miles | 16 |
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 Yankeetown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8048801 | 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 446363. 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.