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5.1–7.35 acres of residential land near Bloomington, Monroe County

N Sewell Rd, Bloomington, IN · Parcel 530702100004000014

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

At a glance

343 ft of frontage on N Sewell Rd.
  • BuildZoning FR: rules not on file · no building on the roll
  • Ground6% wetlands · soils very limited for septic
  • AccessFronts a public road
  • ValueTax value $29.6k, 2025 roll · last sale Dec 1994
  • Acres5.1County roll: 5.1 ac. Drawn outline measures 7.35 ac (county GIS, Sep 2025)
  • Land typeVacant landVacant land: no dwelling on recent aerials and the county roll; checked Oct 2026
  • ZoningFRDistrict name not on file · Monroe County Planning (AGOL org MoCo-GIS) zoning map, map adopted Dec 2024
  • Flood zoneX · minimal flood hazardFEMA flood map, as of Jul 2026
  • Wetlands6% of the parcelUSFWS National Wetlands Inventory, as of Oct 2026
  • Tax value (county)$29.6kAssessment, trended yearly; not a market price · 2025 roll
  • Last saleDec 1994
  • Road accessHas road accessRoads: Census TIGER/Line 2025 roads with IndianaMap road centerlines, Feb 2026
  • Road frontage343 ft on N Sewell Rd
  • BuildingNone on the roll
  • City or townUnincorporatedMonroe County

Land facts

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

  • Section, township, rangeSection 2, Township 8 North, Range 1 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 Aug 2026
  • Nearest public wastewater plantAbout 7 miles (straight line) · Town of Nashville WWTPEPA ECHO discharge permits for publicly owned treatment works, Oct 2026 · Not a sewer line at this lot. Plants that do not discharge to a river or stream (spray fields, percolation ponds) are not on EPA's list, so one could be closer
  • Ground elevationAbout 679–786 ft above sea level; average slope 21.3%USGS 3DEP 1/3 arc-second (about 10 m), NAVD88; about ±1–2 ft · Oct 2026
  • HighwaysState Rd 46 is 0.6 mi away and I-69 interchange at S State Rd 37 is 10.4 mi away, in a straight lineCensus TIGER/Line 2025 roads with IndianaMap road centerlines · Feb 2026
  • Nearest fire stationAbout 5.4 miles (straight line) · Benton Township Volunteer Fire DepartmentUSGS National Structures Dataset, fire and EMS stations, Oct 2026 · straight line, not road miles. Insurers' fire protection class (ISO) counts road miles to a responding station, often 5 or fewer. A station missing from the federal list would be closer
  • Nearest emergency roomAbout 8.7 miles (straight line) · Indiana University Health Bloomington HospitalCMS Care Compare hospital list (hospitals that report an emergency department), located by the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder, Jul 2026 · straight line, not road miles or drive time. Names as filed with Medicare. Veterans', military, children's and psychiatric hospitals are not counted

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 95 ft (middle half 80–120 ft)From 17 well logs within 2 mi, drilled 1959–1982; water level 15 ft below ground; bedrock at 9 ft. Area figures, not this parcel. Indiana DNR well records.
  • Public land nearbyMorgan - Monroe State Forest, 0.1 miState natural resources department land, open to the public. 25,197 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 districtMonroe County Community School CorporationGrades 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 classNot prime farmlandMap unit Brownstown-Gilwood silt loams, 25 to 75 percent slopes, about 72% of the parcel · USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), survey area IN105, version Aug 2026
  • Crop productivity (NCCPI)0.09 of 1National Commodity Crop Productivity Index 3.0 of the main soil, Brownstown; higher is more productive for non-irrigated commodity crops · USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), version Aug 2026
  • Land capability classClass 7e of 8: unsuited to tilled crops (erosion)Non-irrigated, Brownstown; class 1 has the fewest limits · USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), version Aug 2026

Crops and forest

Public federal records, each with its source and year. Satellite classifications, not farm records.

  • Land cover (CDL)Deciduous forest 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
  • Forest type (LANDFIRE)Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak ForestChestnut Oak Forest and Woodland, hardwood; the most common vegetation type in the 90 m around the map point · LANDFIRE 2024 Existing Vegetation Type (USGS / USFS)
  • Hydric soilsNone mappedShare 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)

Soil for septic and building

Soils here are rated very limited for a septic drain field. They rate very limited for a house with or without a basement. The main soil shrinks and swells little as it wets and dries.

  • Septic drain fieldVery limitedLimits: slope, seepage, bottom layer, depth to bedrock
  • House, no basementVery limitedLimits: slope, depth to hard bedrock
  • House with basementVery limitedLimits: slope, depth to hard bedrock
  • Shrink-swellLowLinear extensibility about 0.4% at 10 to 39 in. deep

A soil-survey screening of the parcel's main soil, not a perc test. A septic permit needs the local health department's site evaluation, and a foundation design needs a soil test on the lot.

USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), survey area IN105, version Aug 2026, read through NRCS Soil Data Access · sources & method

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 South Central Indiana 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

Mapped features from IGWS 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. Not checked here: surface coal mines, oil and gas wells, landslides.

  • 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

Ground screening

Public geologic maps flag landslides near this parcel. Screening, not a geotechnical survey.

  • Landslide susceptibilityHigh landslide susceptibilityUSGS
Sources & methodWhere these lines come from

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): Slope-relief threshold landslide susceptibility models for the United States (Mirus and others, nonlinear n10 model, 90 m), as of Aug 2024. Each 90 m map cell counts how many of its 81 smaller 10 m cells are steep, high-relief ground of the kind where U.S. landslides are recorded (0 to 81). We say 'high' only where the cell at the parcel's map point counts 61 or more (about three-quarters or more); USGS notes the highest counts capture most recorded landslides. Below that we say nothing. A national 90 m model; it does not look at soil, drainage or what is built on the ground.

Distances are from the parcel's map point. Screening, not a geotechnical survey. A soil or geotechnical engineer can say what the ground under a building site will do.

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In this areaBloomingtonParcels, flood and zoning2%in a FEMA flood zone19,947parcels on the roll

Property tax

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

Tax rate
13.34 mills (Salt Creek Township district: Monroe County, Salt Creek Township, Monroe County Community School Corp, Monroe County Public Library, Monroe County Solid Waste Mgmt Dist, pay 2026)
Estimated annual tax
~$390Estimate before exemptions (homestead and other deductions, local income tax credits): the $29,600 gross assessed value × 13.34 mills

Pay or check a bill at the Monroe County Treasurer.

Value history

YearLandImprovementsTotalChange
2025 (pay 2026)$29,600Not on the roll$29,600No change
2024 (pay 2025)$29,600Not on the roll$29,600+45.1%

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

What land sells for nearby

Land in Monroe County sold for:

  • 1 to 10 acres: $26.5k–$68.3k an acre (20 sales, Oct 2025–Sep 2026); median $40.3k
  • Lots under 1 acre: $58.8k–$95.2k a lot (12 sales, Oct 2025–Sep 2026); median $62.5k
  • 10 acres or more: $6.7k–$12.6k an acre (13 sales, Oct 2024–Sep 2026); median $7,200

The middle half (25th to 75th percentile) and the median of recorded land sales (one parcel each, or one multi-parcel farm sale of bare land counted once). 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; farm acreage (farm class, 10+ acres, no buildings): also the sales the assessor marked not valid for trending when the form gives none of the disqualifying answers (related parties, partial interest, court order, sheriff, quitclaim, trade, land contract and the like), because Indiana assessors do not trend farm sales; a multi-parcel farm sale of bare land counts once, at its price per total acre. Recorded sales, not an estimate of any parcel.

Home values in ZIP 47408 rose about 46% over 5 years and 6% in the last year (FHFA, 2025).

FHFA House Price Index, all-transactions, annual five-digit ZIP code index, 2025, last updated March 31, 2026. Method: Bogin, Doerner and Larson, “Local House Price Dynamics: New Indices and Stylized Facts”, FHFA Working Paper 16-01 · sources & method

Local jurisdictions

  • Civil townshipSalt Creek 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.

Winter weather
Relatively high
Tornado
Relatively moderate
Strong wind
Relatively moderate
Riverine flooding
Relatively moderate
Heat wave
Relatively moderate
Hail
Relatively low
Cold wave
Relatively low
Lightning
Relatively low
Drought
Relatively low
Earthquake
Relatively low
Landslide
Relatively low
Wildfire
Very low

Recorded flood claims

OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, as of Sep 2026

Claims since 1978
Fewer than 10Insured buildings in this census tract

Federal disaster declarations

Federal disaster declarations in Monroe County since 2000: 12 (most recently Severe Winter Storm, January 2026).

  • 7 severe storms
  • 2 biological emergencies (COVID-19)
  • 1 hurricane
  • 1 snowstorm
  • 1 winter storm
FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset: Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2, as of October 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data · sources & method

Development nearby

Little new development: under 5 acres within a mile turned from farmland, forest or other open land into developed land in 2020–2025.

2020–2025
Under 5 acresWithin a mile, open land turned developed
2015–2025
Under 5 acresThe same, over 10 years
Typical in Monroe County
Under 5 acresThe middle of the county's land, 2020–2025

Neighborhood (Census)

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

Median household income
$87,438± $16,177 · census tract (block group sample too small)
Median home value (owner-reported)
$310,800± $72,097
Median rent (gross)
Census sample too small here
Homes lived in by their owners
100%± 0 pts
Median year homes were built
1981± 18 yr
Average commute (one way)
24 min± 8 min · census tract (not published for block groups)
Population
546± 165

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.

Nearby parcels

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

Land and farm parcels of 1 acre or more in Monroe County: 1,650 parcel pages

Sources & methodSources, county file September 2025

At a glance: each fact's source and date

Each figure in the grid above, where it comes from and the date of the file or map we read.

Acres: Indiana DLGF parcel roll (Indiana Gateway) and IGIO statewide parcel boundaries, county file Sep 1, 2025.

Land type: Indiana DLGF parcel roll (Indiana Gateway) and IGIO statewide parcel boundaries, county file Sep 1, 2025.

Zoning: District name not on file · Monroe County Planning (AGOL org MoCo-GIS) zoning map, map adopted Dec 2024.

Flood zone: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of Jul 11, 2026.

Wetlands: USFWS National Wetlands Inventory, as of Oct 1, 2026.

Tax value (county): Indiana DLGF parcel roll (Indiana Gateway) and IGIO statewide parcel boundaries, county file Sep 1, 2025.

Last sale: Indiana DLGF parcel roll (Indiana Gateway) and IGIO statewide parcel boundaries, sales through Sep 30, 2026.

Road access: Roads: Census TIGER/Line 2025 roads with IndianaMap road centerlines, Feb 2026.

Road frontage: Census TIGER/Line 2025 roads with IndianaMap road centerlines, as of Feb 8, 2026.

Building: Indiana DLGF parcel roll (Indiana Gateway) and IGIO statewide parcel boundaries, county file Sep 1, 2025.

City or town: DLGF taxing districts, as of Jul 30, 2024.

Soil for septic and building

Source: USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), survey area IN105, version Aug 2026, read through NRCS Soil Data Access.

The parcel's main soil map unit covers about 72% of its outline: Brownstown-Gilwood silt loams, 25 to 75 percent slopes. Its main component is Brownstown (50% of the unit).

The ratings are NRCS's own map-unit interpretations (dominant condition): ENG - Septic Tank Absorption Fields, ENG - Dwellings W/O Basements and ENG - Dwellings With Basements. The limits listed are the features NRCS names for the main component. Shrink-swell is that component's linear extensibility, depth-weighted from 25 to 100 cm, the layer NRCS's homesite rule reads; NRCS classes: low under 3%, moderate 3 to 6%, high 6 to 9%, very high 9% or more.

A screening, not a perc test or a soil boring: soils vary inside a map unit (survey scale about 1:12,000 to 1:24,000), and fill or grading may have changed the lot.

Property tax

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.

Property tax · Due dates

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.

What land sells for nearby

This tracks home values, not land values. Land buyers read it as a sign of demand nearby: where homes gain value, builders and buyers follow. A vacant lot can move differently.

How: the change in FHFA's annual five-digit ZIP code index from 2020 and 2024 to 2025, rounded. The index follows repeat sales and refinance appraisals of the same single-family homes with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac mortgages. It is in today's dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and FHFA calls these local indexes developmental. Where FHFA's sample is too small it publishes no figure, and none prints here.

Source: FHFA House Price Index, all-transactions, annual five-digit ZIP code index, 2025, last updated March 31, 2026. Method: Bogin, Doerner and Larson, “Local House Price Dynamics: New Indices and Stylized Facts”, FHFA Working Paper 16-01.

Hazards

Ratings come from FEMA's National Risk Index (v1.20, planning-level) and the 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

Insured buildings near this parcel, not the parcel itself. FEMA counts claims on buildings with NFIP flood insurance, so land that never had an insured building has no claims to count. The count is the parcel's census block group when it has 10 or more, else its tract's; a count under 10 prints as "Fewer than 10". Source: OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3.

Federal disaster declarations

Each federal declaration whose designated areas include the county, declared from January 2000 on, counted once by its FEMA disaster number. An emergency declaration and a major-disaster declaration for the same storm are two declarations, as FEMA numbers them. Declarations for tribal lands alone are not counted. The date shown is when the most recent incident began. Types are FEMA's incident types: an evacuation emergency for a storm elsewhere (Hurricane Katrina, 2005) counts under that storm. By kind: 8 major disasters and 4 emergencies.

Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset: Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2, as of October 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data.

Development nearby

Counted from USGS Annual NLCD land cover (USGS Annual NLCD Collection 1.2, 30 m maps made from Landsat imagery, 2015, 2020 and 2025; public domain, DOI 10.5066/P94UXNTS). A 30 m square counts when it was forest, shrub, grassland, pasture, cropland or wetland in the start year and developed in 2025: NLCD's developed classes, from lawns, parks and roads to dense buildings. The squares are summed over the land within about a mile of this parcel's center on a 240 m grid, so the figures are rounded. "Most of the county" compares the same one-mile figure across the county's land. A satellite land-cover map misses some changes and mislabels a few, so read it as a guide to how fast the area is building out, not a survey. As of 2025 land cover.

Neighborhood (Census)

± is the Census 90% margin of error; a figure comes from the larger census tract when the block group's sample is too small.

Tax value

Tax value: the county's yearly assessment (gross assessed value, trended every year), not a market price. County file, September 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 county's assessment of this land, scaled by recent sale prices of land assessed like it in Monroe. Not tested to our accuracy standard. Half of past estimates were within ±25%; the range covers about 8 in 10. Land only; any building is not included.

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 Sep 1, 2025.

Record

Public records can be wrong; check before you act.

Parcel: 530702100004000014

Coordinates: 39.1613° N, 86.3769° W