The
Indiana
Cave
Survey
Database Summary
By Rob Jarboe, Database Custodian
- Winter 2006
The main mission of the Indiana Cave Survey is to maintain the database of the known caves in Indiana. This database currently consists of 3,416 entrances representing 3,112 caves. There are 34 counties with known caves on file with the Survey. The ICS has detailed information (report forms) on more than 1,734 cave entrances. This is just over half of the reported entrances within the state. The database also contains data on over 1,936 cave maps. This number includes all maps for a cave.
The amount and quality of information in the database continues to increase due to the efforts of ICS members and cavers who are turning in ICS Report Forms on the caves that they visit.
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Summary of Indiana Caves By County Compiled: December 11, 2006 |
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| County | Number of Caves | Number of Entrances | Number of Entrances with ICS Report forms | Length of Known Cave Passage (feet) | Number of Caves with Lengths of 1,000 feet or more | Number of Caves with Depths of 100 feet or more | Number of Cave Maps on File |
| Bartholomew |
10 |
11 |
1293 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brown |
1 |
1 |
10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clark |
63 |
69 |
4649 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Clay |
1 |
1 |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Crawford |
218 |
237 |
146952 | 20 | 9 | ||
| Decatur |
19 |
22 |
1701 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Delaware |
2 |
2 |
561 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dubois |
13 |
14 |
7789 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Floyd |
5 |
6 |
1330 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fountain |
2 |
2 |
49 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greene |
84 |
94 |
42291 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Harrison |
632 |
641 |
340336 | 48 | 41 | ||
| Jackson |
4 |
4 |
14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jefferson |
158 |
223 |
36511 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Jennings |
191 |
231 |
42332 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence |
517 |
548 |
431085 | 44 | 13 | ||
| Martin |
133 |
142 |
17742 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Monroe |
267 |
368 |
193540 | 27 | 9 | ||
| Miami |
2 |
2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Morgan |
11 |
14 |
2716 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Orange |
292 |
319 |
173114 | 44 | 3 | ||
| Owen |
107 |
114 |
41293 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Parke |
2 |
2 |
88 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perry |
9 |
9 |
703 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Putman |
19 |
23 |
2689 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ripley |
32 |
37 |
7163 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Scott |
1 |
3 |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shelby |
5 |
8 |
319 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tippecanoe |
8 |
8 |
171 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vanderburgh |
4 |
4 |
150 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wabash |
11 |
19 |
316 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren |
4 |
4 | 74 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Washington |
200 |
226 |
206878 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Total |
3112 |
3416 |
1703918 | 279 | 77 | ||
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