Pulaski County, Indiana THE INDIANA PREVENTION RESOURCE CENTER GIS in Prevention County Profiles Series, No. 3 Pulaski 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.

GIS in Prevention County Profile Series, No. 3 Pulaski 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.

3. Geographic and Historical Notes Pulaski County is located in Northern Indiana and is bordered by the following Indiana counties: Starke to the north, Marshall to the northeast, Fulton to the east, Cass to the south and southeast, White to the south and southwest, and Jasper to the west and northwest. State Highways 14, and U.S. Highways 35 and 421 cross the county. Elevation is 650 to 750 feet. Except for some slightly sloping terrain along the Tippecanoe River and tributaries to the east, the land is nearly flat. The landscape features hickory and oak trees. The county pertains mainly to the Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plain land resource area, except the southeast corner pertains to the Indiana and Ohio Till Plain land resource area, and a little in the southwest pertains to the Northern Illinois and Indiana Heavy Till Plain land resource area. Pulaski county is in the Ceantral Time Zone and observes DST. Average daily temperatures are 14/32٥ in January and 62٥/85٥ in July. Annual precipitation is about 37 and snowfall about 25-35 inches. The first freeze occurs usually October 15 to October 30; the last freeze occurs from April 5 to 10 in most of the county, but a bit later in the extreme northeastern (April 10-15). The growing season lasts about 193-208 days. Agricultural activity is mainly in soybeans, corn for grain, and hogs for livestock. More than four-fifths of the land is in farms and about four-fifths of that is in cash crops. An additional crop is hay; and apples are an important fruit crop. Mint and popcorn are special crops. Livestock, especially pigs but also including cattle/calves, constitute about half of the agricultural income. An important natural resources is crushed stone. Commercial forestland is another resource. Water resources include the Bruce Lake and Langenbaum Lake, the Tippecanoe River, and various streams (including the Indian and Mud Creeks; and the Big Monon, Bud Fisher and Weltzin Creeks). Communities include the towns of Winamac, which is the count seat, Francesville, Medaryville, and Monterey. Sources: Map from PCensus for MapInfo; Notes from Indiana Facts: Flying the Colors by John Clements, 1995.

Pulaski County The maps and tables in this publication were prepared using PCensus 7.06 for MapInfo and MapInfo Professional 7.0.

3. Location and Historical Notes Pulaski 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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