2-acre lot in the farm and timber tax class near Westport, Decatur County
1015 S Water Plant Rd, Westport, IN · Parcel 161706410010000013
2025 roll, county file August 2025 · before the 2026 roll
At a glance
- BuildZoning not on file · 1 building mapped (footprints)
- Ground10% wetlands · soils very limited for septic
- AccessFronts a public road
- ValueTax value $98.9k, 2025 roll · last sale May 2024
- Acres2About 1.8 of 2 acres outside mapped wetlands and floodway
- Land typeFarm and timber
- ZoningWe have not collected a zoning map for Decatur County yet
- Flood zoneX · minimal flood hazardFEMA flood map, as of Jul 2026
- Wetlands10% of the parcelUSFWS National Wetlands Inventory, as of Oct 2026
- Tax value (county)$98.9kAssessment, trended yearly; not a market price · 2025 roll
- Last saleMay 2024
- Road accessHas road accessRoads: Census TIGER/Line 2025 roads with IndianaMap road centerlines, Feb 2026
- Road frontage326 ft on S Water Plant Rd
- City or townUnincorporatedDecatur County
Land facts
From public records and official maps, each with its source and date.
- Who zones itDecatur County, outside city limitsUnincorporated land
- Section, township, rangeSection 6, Township 8 North, Range 9 East, Second Principal MeridianBLM PLSS (CadNSDI), at the parcel's center · Oct 2026
- Septic (soils)Very limitedUSDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), septic absorption fields, version Sep 2026
- Ground elevationAbout 786–803 ft above sea level; average slope 4.4%USGS 3DEP 1/3 arc-second (about 10 m), NAVD88; about ±1–2 ft · Oct 2026
- HighwaysN State Rd 3 is 1.4 mi away and I-74 interchange at US Hwy 421 is 13.7 mi away, in a straight lineCensus TIGER/Line 2025 roads with IndianaMap road centerlines · Feb 2026
Services and surroundings
What serves the area around this parcel, from federal and state maps. Area facts, not a survey of the lot.
- USDA home loan areaInside an eligible areaHousehold income limits also apply. USDA Rural Development map, edited Jul 2023.
- Well depth nearbyMedian 54 ft (middle half 40–86 ft)From 10 well logs within 1 mi, drilled 1954–1976; water level 11 ft below ground; bedrock at 24 ft. Area figures, not this parcel. Indiana DNR well records.
- Public land nearbyBrush Creek Fish And Wildlife Area, 6.5 miState wildlife agency land, open with a permit or registration. 1,868 acres. Being nearby does not give access or hunting rights. USGS protected areas map (PAD-US 4.1).
School district and farmland
Public federal records, each with its source and date.
- School districtDecatur County Community SchoolsGrades pre-K–12 · NCES EDGE school district boundaries, school year 2024–25 (Census TIGER 2025 lines), released Mar 2026. A district, not an assigned school
- Farmland classPrime farmland if drained and either protected from flooding or not frequently flooded during the growing seasonMap unit Orrville silt loam, frequently flooded, about 79% of the parcel · USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), survey area IN031, version Sep 2026
- Crop productivity (NCCPI)0.67 of 1National Commodity Crop Productivity Index 3.0 of the main soil, Orrville; higher is more productive for non-irrigated commodity crops · USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), version Sep 2026
- Land capability classClass 2w of 8: moderate limits for crops (excess water)Non-irrigated, Orrville; class 1 has the fewest limits · USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), version Sep 2026
District details at NCES: Decatur County Community Schools
Crops and forest
Public federal records, each with its source and year. Satellite classifications, not farm records.
- Land cover (CDL)Grass or pasture 2021–2025No crop in these years; the most common class in the 90 m around the parcel's map point, from satellite imagery · USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer 2021–2025
- Hydric soils2% of the parcelShare of the outline on soils rated hydric: the soil test of a wetland determination and of an NRCS wetland reserve easement (ACEP-WRE) · USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO)
Utility service areas
Public service-area maps, each with its source and date. An area, not a connection at this parcel.
- Electric service areaInside the service area of Decatur County REMCRural electric membership co-op · IURC electric service territories map, edited Aug 2026: a visual aid, not the legal ruling.
Environmental records
Public state and federal lists, each with its agency and date. A record is not a finding about this parcel.
- Other recordsOil or gas well nearbyGroundwork check of public lists: Indiana DNR Division of Oil and Gas / Indiana Geological and Water Survey, as of Jun 26, 2025
Mapped ground hazards
State and federal geologic and well maps, each with its agency and date. Distances are from the parcel's map point; a mapped area is not a finding about this parcel.
- Karst areas (sinkholes)No sinkhole area or sinking-stream basin mapped within 1/4 miIGWS: Sinkhole areas and sinking-stream basins (Miscellaneous Map 65), read Oct 2026. IGWS Miscellaneous Map 65: sinkhole areas and sinking-stream basins in the karst belt of southern Indiana
- Underground coal mineNone mapped within 1/4 miIGWS: Underground coal mines (IDNR, December 2016), as of Dec 2016. Documented underground coal mines since the 1880s, from IDNR mine maps, to December 2016; outlines approximate
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Home facts
Building footprints (Microsoft, OpenStreetMap) via Overture Maps, as of Sep 2026
- Buildings
- 1 building mapped · about 1,820 sq ft of footprintMeasured from building footprints (Microsoft/OpenStreetMap, Sep 2026), not the county roll
- Bedrooms, bathrooms, living area, year built
- Not on Indiana's statewide parcel roll
Property tax
Indiana DLGF pay-2026 certified rates; DLGF 2025 real property roll, as of Oct 2026
- Tax rate
- 13.035 mills (Sandcreek Twp. district: Decatur County, Sandcreek Township, Decatur County Community School Corp, Decatur County Contractual Library, Decatur County Solid Waste Management, pay 2026)
- Estimated annual tax
- ~$1,000Estimate before exemptions (homestead and other deductions, local income tax credits): the $98,900 gross assessed value × 13.035 mills; capped by the circuit breaker at 1% (homestead) of $97,500 + 2% (residential / farmland) of $1,400
How we compute this
Indiana pay-2026 taxes: second installment due November 10, 2026.
Sources: Indiana Code 6-1.1-22-9 and 6-1.1-15-1.1; the Department of Local Government Finance due dates. Checked Oct 13, 2026.
Value history
2025 (pay 2026): $98,900 ($35,400 land, $63,500 improvements)
Roll values set for property tax · Indiana DLGF parcel roll · as of Aug 2025
What land sells for nearby
Land in Decatur County sold for:
- Lots under 1 acre: $11.8k–$21.2k a lot (11 sales, Oct 2024–Sep 2026); median $15k
- 10 acres or more: $10.1k–$14.4k an acre (11 sales, Nov 2023–Sep 2026); median $12.5k
The middle half (25th to 75th percentile) and the median of arm's-length single-parcel land sales. Each size uses its own months (the shortest of 12, 24 or 36 that holds enough sales), so the sizes' counts need not add up to another figure on this page. Source: STATS Indiana sales disclosure forms, valid for trending by the county assessor, vacant land with no improvement on the parcel at the sale. Recorded sales, not an estimate of any parcel.
Local jurisdictions
- Civil townshipSandcreek TownshipDLGF taxing districts (IGIO Taxing_Districts_2024) on the 2025 roll's district code · Jul 30, 2024
Owner: on the county assessment roll (not shown here) · Request removal
Hazards
FEMA National Risk Index for this census tract, not this parcel. As of Dec 2025.
- Tornado
- Relatively high
- Strong wind
- Relatively high
- Lightning
- Relatively high
- Hail
- Relatively moderate
- Riverine flooding
- Relatively moderate
- Cold wave
- Relatively moderate
- Heat wave
- Relatively low
- Winter weather
- Relatively low
- Drought
- Relatively low
- Earthquake
- Relatively low
- Landslide
- Relatively low
- Wildfire
- Very low
How we compute this
Recorded flood claims
OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, as of Sep 2026
- Claims since 1978
- Fewer than 10Insured buildings in this census tract
How we compute this
Neighborhood (Census)
Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year, as of Jan 2026
- Median household income
- $56,563± $24,704
- Median home value (owner-reported)
- $152,100± $16,569
- Median rent (gross)
- $708± $96
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%± 9 pts
- Median year homes were built
- 1970± 8 yr
- Average commute (one way)
- 30 min± 8 min · census tract (not published for block groups)
- Population
- 2,357± 258
Figures for the census block group around this parcel (a few hundred homes), not this property. This product uses Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
How we compute this
Nearby parcels
Land and farm parcels of 1 acre or more in Decatur County, nearest first.
- 4.86 acres of residential land near Westport0.2 mi
- 703 E Main St2.6 acres · Residential lot · 0.7 mi
- 11681 S County Road 60 SW4 acres · Residential lot · 1.2 mi
- 11588 S Co Rd 60 SW4.1 acres · Residential lot · 1.3 mi
- 12924 S Co Rd 300 W10.3 acres · Residential lot · 1.7 mi
- 10387 S County Rd 60 SW9.89 acres · Residential lot · 2.0 mi
- 967 S St Rd 32.21 acres · Residential lot · 2.0 mi
- 10097 S Co Rd 60 SW5.08 acres · Residential lot · 2.1 mi
Land and farm parcels of 1 acre or more in Decatur County: 241 parcel pages
About these numbersSources, county file August 2025
Tax value
Tax value: the county's yearly assessment (gross assessed value, trended every year), not a market price. County file, August 2025.
Gross assessed value (the county assessor's market value-in-use, trended every year), not a market estimate. Farmland is assessed by the state's base-rate formula, well below what farmland sells for.
Estimate
Rough estimate: based on the assessed value of the buildings, scaled by recent home prices, plus typical prices per acre in Decatur and nearby counties. Not tested to our accuracy standard. Half of past estimates were within ±20% (measured across nearby counties); the range covers about 8 in 10.
Parcel outline
The outline and its edge lengths are measured on the parcel map the map draws; the aerial loads from the public imagery named under it.
Source
Indiana DLGF parcel roll (Indiana Gateway) and IGIO statewide parcel boundaries, county file Aug 14, 2025.
Record
Public records can be wrong; check before you act.
Parcel: 161706410010000013
Coordinates: 39.1685° N, 85.5557° W