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Indiana Prevention Resource Center
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County Profiles Series, No. 4
Warrick County, Indiana
Barbara Seitz de Martinez, PhD, MLS, CPP, Project Director
The Indiana Prevention Resource Center at Indiana University is funded, in part, by a contract with the Indiana Family and Social Services
Administration, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, financially supported through HHS/Substance Abuse Mental Health Services
Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant. The IPRC is operated
by the Department of Applied Health Science and The School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.
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GIS in Prevention
County Profile Series, No. 4
Warrick County, Indiana
Barbara Seitz de Martinez, PhD, MLS, CPP
Project Director
Project Staff:
Ritika Bhawal, MPH
Ryan Chopra, MPH
Kyoungsun Heo, MPA
Tuba M. Pervin Altay, MPH
Indiana Prevention Resource Center
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Warrick County Map
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Sources: Map from PCensus for MapInfo; Geographic Notes
from Indiana Facts: Flying the Colors by John Clements, 1995.
Warrick County is located in southwestern Indiana and is bordered by the
State of Kentucky and the following Indiana counties: Vanderburgh to the
west,, Gibson to the northwest, Pike to the north, Dubois to the northeast,
and Spencer to the east. Interstate Highway 64 and State Highways 61 and
62 cross the county. Elevation is 350 to 550 feet.
Although most of the county is characterized by steep slopes, there is
slightly sloping landscape in the south and regions of nearly flat land along
creeks across the county. The landscape features hickory and oak trees.
Parts of the county pertain to two different land resource areas: the
Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys land resource
area (north), the Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes land resource
area (south).
Warrick county is in the Central Time Zone and observes DST. Average
daily temperatures are 24٥/42٥ in January and 67٥/89٥ in July. Annual
precipitation is about 43 and snowfall about 10-15 inches. The first freeze
occurs between October 20-25, except a bit later in the south southern
quarter, October 25-30. The last freeze occurs first in the south (April 510), a bit later in the central region (April 10-15), and still later in the
north (April 15-20). The growing season lasts 183-208 days.
Agricultural activity is mainly in corn for grain, soybeans, and livestock.
Tobacco, hay and winter wheat are additional crops. Livestock include
cattle/calves and hogs/pigs. Popcorn is a special crop. About a third of the
land is in farms and about three-fourths of that land is in cash crops.
Important natural resources include coal, common clay, construction sand
and gravel, petroleum, and forestland. Water resources include
lakes/reservoirs (including Scales Lake, Squaw Creek Reservoir, and
Yellow Bank Lake), the Ohio River, and several streams (Big, Coles, Otter,
Little Pigion, Cypress and Pigeon Creeks).
Communities include the city of Boonville, which is the county seat; and
the town of Chandler, Elberfield, Lynnville, Newburgh, and Tennyson.
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Warrick County Tobacco Production & Revenue:
Source: the Strategic Development Group’s “Alternative Agricultural Strategy” (Bloomington, March 15, 2001) report,
which is part of Governor Joseph E. Kernan’s “Recipient Final Reports for Office of the Commissioner of Agriculture Grant
Programs” (http://www.in.gov/oca/grants/valueadd/VAFinalReports.html):
According to the most recent data available, Warrick County ranks 25 th in the State for the percent of all farms that produce
tobacco (0.8%). As of 1997, a total of 7 acres in Warrick County were devoted to tobacco production on 3 farms. For those 3
farms, tobacco income per farm ($NA) was not available.
Latest figures (from 1997 USDA Census):
Rank for acres in tobacco production: 25 th
Acres in tobacco production: 7
Number of farms producing tobacco: 3
As a Percent of all farms: 0.8%
Rank in IN for percent of all farms: 25 th
Tobacco income per farm producing: NA
Percent of County’s Ave. Household Income: NA
[See appendices for more information.]
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