4.31-acre residential lot near Columbia City, Whitley County
E Old Trail Rd, Columbia City, IN · Parcel 920505000302902012
County file September 2025
- Acres4.31
- Land typeVacancy not verifiedNo building found, September 2025
- ZoningZoning set by Whitley County; no zoning map on fileUnincorporated
- Flood zoneEdge of flood zone A (1%)The rest: X (99%)
- Tax value (county)$26.6kFrom the county’s last revaluation, not a market price
- Last recorded saleJul 19, 2013
- Road accessHas road accessRoads: Census TIGER/Line 2025 roads with IndianaMap road centerlines, Feb 2026
- Road frontage58 ft on Old Trl Rd
- BuildingNone on the roll
- City or townUnincorporatedWhitley County
Land facts
From public records and official maps, each with its source and date.
- Section, township, rangeSection 5, Township 31 North, Range 10 East, Second Principal MeridianBLM PLSS (CadNSDI), at the parcel's center · Oct 2026
- Septic (soils)Very limitedUSDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), septic absorption fields · Oct 2026
- Ground elevationAbout 808–839 ft above sea levelUSGS 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 92 ft (middle half 58–169 ft)10 well logs within 1 mi, drilled 1959–1974; water level 35 ft below ground (Indiana DNR well records). Area figures, not this parcel
- Public land nearbyMorsches Park, 1.9 miCity Land, open to the public, 89 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 districtWhitley County Consolidated 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
District details at NCES: Whitley County Consolidated Schools
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 Northeastern REMCRural electric membership co-op · IURC electric service territories map, edited Aug 2026: a visual aid, not the legal ruling
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.
- 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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Columbia CityParcels and flood3.5%in a FEMA flood zone4,218parcels on the rollProperty tax
Indiana DLGF pay-2026 certified rates; DLGF 2025 real property roll · as of Oct 2026
- Tax rate
- 12.577 mills (Union Township district: Whitley County, Union Township, Whitley County Consolidated School Corp, pay 2026)
- Estimated annual tax
- ~$330Estimate before exemptions (homestead and other deductions, local income tax credits): the $26,600 gross assessed value × 12.577 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 Whitley 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
| Year | Land | Improvements | Total | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (pay 2026) | $26,600 | None | $26,600 | No change |
| 2024 (pay 2025) | $26,600 | None | $26,600 | +3.5% |
Roll values set for property tax · Indiana DLGF parcel roll · as of Sep 2025
What land sells for nearby
Land in Whitley County sold for:
- 1 to 10 acres: $17.4k–$29.8k an acre (11 sales, Nov 2023–Sep 2026); median $18.8k
The middle half (25th to 75th percentile) and the median of arm's-length single-parcel land sales. 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.
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 Moderate
- Strong wind
- Relatively Moderate
- Hail
- Relatively Moderate
- Drought
- Relatively Moderate
- Riverine flooding
- Relatively Low
- Heat wave
- Relatively Low
- Cold wave
- Relatively Low
- Winter weather
- Relatively Low
- Lightning
- Relatively Low
- Earthquake
- Relatively Low
- Wildfire
- Very Low
- Landslide
- Very Low
- Sinkhole area (karst)
- Not in a mapped sinkhole areaAt the parcel's map point · Indiana Geological and Water Survey, sinkhole areas (Misc. Map 65) · as of Oct 2026
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
- $66,250± $13,230 · this block group
- Median home value (owner-reported)
- $190,200± $41,037 · this block group
- Median rent (gross)
- $860± $310 · this block group
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 87%± 6 pts · this block group
- Median year homes were built
- 1991± 7 yr · this block group
- Average commute (one way)
- 21 min± 5 min · census tract (not published for block groups)
- Population
- 1,369± 276 · 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 Whitley County, nearest first.
- 3.91 acres of residential land near Columbia City0.6 mi
- 5.81 acres of residential land near Columbia City1.1 mi
- 8.84 acres of residential land near Columbia City1.1 mi
- 4.55 acres of residential land near Columbia City1.2 mi
- 3.38 acres of residential land near Columbia City1.2 mi
- 7.63 acres of residential land near Columbia City1.3 mi
- 6.97 acres of residential land near Columbia City1.3 mi
- 1354 N State Rd 92.65 acres · Residential lot · 2.2 mi
About these numbersSources, county file September 2025
Tax value
Tax value from the county’s last revaluation, 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.
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 Sep 1, 2025.
Record
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Parcel: 920505000302902012
Coordinates: 41.1644° N, 85.4314° W