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THE INDIANA PREVENTION
RESOURCE CENTER
GIS in Prevention
County Profiles Series, No. 3
Fountain County, Indiana
Barbara Seitz de Martinez, PhD, MLS, CPP
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. 3
Fountain County, Indiana
Barbara Seitz de Martinez, PhD, MLS, CPP
Project Staff:
Ritika Bhawal, MPH
Solomon Briggs
Kyoungsun Heo, MPA
Srinivasa Konchada
Indiana Prevention Resource Center
Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors, and not necessarily those of the Trustees of Indiana University or the Division of
Mental Health and Addiction. Indiana University accepts full Responsibility for the content of this publication. ©2005 The Trustees of
Indiana University. Permission is extended to reproduce this County Profile for non-profit educational purposes. All other rights reserved.
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Fountain County is located in West Central Indiana. It is bordered
by Warren County to the north/northwest, Tippecanoe to the
east/northeast, Montgomery to the east, Parke to the south, and
Vermillion to the southwest. Interstate Highway 74 and U.S.
Highways 41 and 136 cross the county. Elevation is 600-750 feet.
The landscape features oak and hickory trees. A variety of land
surfaces are found. Along rivers and creeks the land is slightly
sloping to steeply sloping, and elsewhere it is nearly level. The county
pertains to the Indiana and Ohio Till Plain land resource area.
Fountain county is in the Eastern Time Zone and observes DST.
Average daily temperatures are 14٥/33٥ in January and 61٥/86٥ in
July. Annual precipitation is about 38 and snowfall 15-25 inches.
Typically the first freeze of the season occurs October 10-15. The
last freeze varies from around April 25-30 in the west and May 1-5 in
the east. The growing season lasts about 158-173 days.
Agriculture activity is mainly in grain and soybeans. About ninetenths of the land is farmland and about four-fifths of that is in
commercial crops. Additional crops are hay and winter wheat.
Livestock includes hens/pullets, cattle/calves, and hogs/pigs. Main
natural resources include construction sand, gravel and forestland.
Water resources include Clingan Mill, Downs, and Hemlock Lakes
and the Wabash River.
Communities include the cities of Covington (the county seat) and
Attica. Towns include Hillsboro, Kingman, Mellott, Newtown,
Veedersburg and Wallace.
Sources: Map from PCensus for MapInfo; Geographic Notes from
Indiana Facts: Flying the Colors by John Clements, 1995.
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The maps and tables in this publication were prepared using PCensus
7.06 for MapInfo and MapInfo Professional 7.0.
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Fountain County is not a tobacco-producing county, according to 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):
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3. Fountain County Block Group Maps
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