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3.84-acre residential lot near North Vernon, Jennings County

N CR 500 W, North Vernon, IN · Parcel 401023400040000006

2025 roll, county file August 2025 · before the 2026 roll

  • Acres3.84
  • Land typeVacancy not verifiedNo building found, August 2025
  • ZoningWe have not collected a zoning map for Jennings County yet
  • Flood zoneX · minimal flood hazardFEMA flood map, as of Jul 2026
  • WetlandsNone mappedUSFWS National Wetlands Inventory, as of Oct 2026
  • Tax value (county)$13.4kAssessment, trended yearly; not a market price · 2025 roll
  • Last saleNo recorded transfer since 2019 on the county rolls
  • Road accessHas road accessRoads: Census TIGER/Line 2025 roads with IndianaMap road centerlines, Feb 2026
  • Road frontage123 ft on N Co Rd 500 WRoad map name; the county roll's address reads N CR 500 W
  • BuildingNone on the roll
  • City or townUnincorporatedJennings County

Can I build?

  • Fronts a public road
  • Zoning not on file
  • No FEMA flood zone or wetlands mapped
  • Soils very limited for septic

Land facts

From public records and official maps, each with its source and date.

  • Section, township, rangeSection 23, Township 7 North, Range 7 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 663–688 ft above sea level; average slope 9.3%USGS 3DEP 1/3 arc-second (about 10 m), NAVD88; about ±1–2 ft · Oct 2026

Services and surroundings

Public federal and state records, each with its source and date. Area facts, not a survey of this parcel.

  • USDA home loan areaInside an eligible areaUSDA Rural Development eligibility map, last edited Jul 2023, read Oct 2026. Household income limits also apply
  • Well depth nearbyMedian 85 ft (middle half 68–100 ft)31 well logs within 2 mi, drilled 1960–1987; water level 25 ft below ground; bedrock at 25 ft (Indiana DNR well records). Area figures, not this parcel
  • Public land nearbyRatcliff Forest, 4.4 miNon-Governmental Organization, open to the public, 53 acres (USGS PAD-US 4.1). Nearby is not access, and never a hunting right

School district

Public federal records, each with its source and date.

  • School districtJennings County 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

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 Jackson 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. Distances are from the parcel's map point; a record is not a finding about this parcel.

  • Red flags10 environmental lists checked · landfills, voluntary cleanups and dry cleaners not checkedGroundwork check of public lists: Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), as of Apr 2026–Oct 2026; Indiana DNR Division of Oil and Gas / Indiana Geological and Water Survey, as of Jun 26, 2025; Indiana Geographic Information Office (from US EIA / DHS HIFLD), as of 2019; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as of Aug 31, 2026; USGS Gap Analysis Project, as of 2025; U.S. EPA, as of Oct 15, 2026
  • Oil and gas wellsNone within 1/4 mi of the parcel's map pointGroundwork 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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In this areaNorth VernonParcels and flood1.3%in a FEMA flood zone3,202parcels on the roll

Property tax

Indiana DLGF pay-2026 certified rates; DLGF 2025 real property roll · as of Oct 2026

Tax rate
18.81 mills (Geneva Township district: Jennings County, Geneva Township, Jennings County School Corporation, Jennings County Public Library, Southeastern Indiana Solid Waste Mgmt, pay 2026)
Estimated annual tax
~$250Estimate before exemptions (homestead and other deductions, local income tax credits): the $13,400 gross assessed value × 18.81 mills

Rates: Indiana DLGF, pay 2026. The estimate is the county's taxable value times those rates, before exemptions; it is not a bill. The county treasurer's bill is the official figure.

Indiana pay-2026 taxes: second installment due November 10, 2026. Pay or check a bill at the Jennings County Treasurer.

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

YearLandImprovementsTotalChange
2025 (pay 2026)$13,400Not on the roll$13,400No change
2024 (pay 2025)$13,400Not on the roll$13,400No change

Roll values set for property tax · Indiana DLGF parcel roll · as of Aug 2025

Local jurisdictions

  • Civil townshipGeneva 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 v1.20, planning-level · For this census tract, not this parcel · as of Dec 2025

Tornado
Relatively High
Strong wind
Relatively High
Lightning
Relatively High
Cold wave
Relatively Moderate
Winter weather
Relatively Moderate
Hail
Relatively Low
Riverine flooding
Relatively Low
Heat wave
Relatively Low
Drought
Relatively Low
Earthquake
Relatively Low
Wildfire
Very Low
Landslide
Very Low

Ratings are from public federal and state maps (named on each row), not a private climate model. FEMA rates each census tract from expected annual losses, community resilience and social vulnerability, for planning; it is not an assessment of this parcel.

Recorded flood claims

OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3 · Insured buildings near this parcel, not the parcel itself · as of Sep 2026

Claims since 1978
Fewer than 10In this census tract

Neighborhood (Census)

Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year · as of Jan 2026

Median household income
$49,954± $5,790 · this block group
Median home value (owner-reported)
Census sample too small here
Median rent (gross)
$879± $208 · this block group
Homes lived in by their owners
81%± 17 pts · this block group
Median year homes were built
1985± 8 yr · this block group
Average commute (one way)
23 min± 5 min · census tract (not published for block groups)
Population
1,075± 448 · this block group

Figures for the census block group around this parcel (a few hundred homes), not this property. ± is the Census 90% margin of error; a figure comes from the larger census tract when the block group's sample is too small. This product uses Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Nearby parcels

Land and farm parcels of 1 acre or more in Jennings County, nearest first.

Land and farm parcels of 1 acre or more in Jennings County: 521 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.

Land type

No building found: county roll (2025) and building footprints (Overture Maps with Microsoft and OpenStreetMap, Sep 2026) · County assessor roll; Overture Maps 2026-09-23.1

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 19, 2025.

Record

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Parcel: 401023400040000006

Coordinates: 39.0325° N, 85.7061° W