Youngs Creek, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Greenfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47454. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Valeene quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1950 USGS Valeene quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Valeene quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Valeene quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Valeene quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Youngs Creek between 1993 and 2016, burning about 115 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SPRINGS FIRE |
| 11 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BEECHGROVE |
| 11 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | PINE VALLEY |
| 2 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | AIRPORT |
| 4 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Hoosier National Forest | PATOKA LAKE |
| 22 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.6 acres | Hoosier National Forest | GRIMES LAKE |
| 21 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | ORANGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Youngs Creek in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youngs Creek | - | There were multiple trees down in Greenfield Township near West County Road 560 South. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Youngs Creek | - | Quarter size hail was observed near the intersection of West County Road 525 South and County Road 550 South. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Youngs Creek | - | An NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-0 tornado with estimated wind speeds up to 80 mph. Along the path, several trees were uprooted along W CR390S. A couple of trees were snapped. A metal roof was peeled off of a small outbuilding. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Youngs Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Valley | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Greenbrier | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Ethel | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Fargo | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Bacon | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Paoli | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Braxtons Siding | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Valeene | 5.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451651. 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.








