The Indiana Cave Survey Database Summary
Summary compiled from ICS Database - 11-21-2009

The main mission of the Indiana Cave Survey is to maintain the database of the known caves in Indiana. This database currently consists of 3,629 entrances representing 3,328 caves. There are 43 counties with known caves on file with the Survey. The ICS has detailed information (report forms) on more than 2,015 cave entrances. This is just over half of the reported entrances within the state. The database also contains data on over 2,888 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.

County Statistics

County

Caves

Entrances

Maps

Allen

1

1

 

Bartholomew

10

11

3

Brown

1

1

 

Cass

7

9

6

Clark

65

72

17

Crawford

219

238

311

Decatur

19

22

8

Delaware

2

2

1

Dubois

13

14

16

Floyd

5

6

5

Fountain

2

2

4

Grant

1

1

1

Greene

85

95

84

Harrison

633

644

654

Henry

2

2

 

Jackson

4

4

 

Jefferson

158

222

153

Jennings

201

241

158

Kosciusko

4

4

 

Lawrence

550

579

667

Madison

1

1

 

Marion

1

1

 

Martin

145

159

94

Miami

2

2

 

Monroe

377

393

490

Morgan

11

14

9

Nobel

1

1

 

Orange

350

383

408

Owen

129

140

149

Parke

2

2

2

Perry

24

24

5

Porter

1

1

 

Putnam

20

24

21

Ripley

34

39

8

Scott

1

3

 

Shelby

5

8

9

Tippecanoe

8

8

2

Vanderburgh

4

4

 

Vermillion

1

1

1

Wabash

8

8

7

Warren

5

5

3

Washington

212

238

426

Totals

3324

3629

3722

 

ICS Database Statistics

Cave Entries 3328
Entrance Entries 3629
Cave Entrances with Report 2015
Verified Cave Entrances 987
Caves 1000ft or longer 284
Caves 1 mile or longer 63
Karst Features 247
Leads/No ICS Report 118
Springs 362
Mapped Caves 1700
Maps 2888
Maps in Progress 39
Incomplete Maps 48

 

 

Because caves are precious resources that need as much protection as possible, detailed data from the database is not available to the public. The best way to find out about caves is to join a local grotto and go caving with fellow grotto members so that you can gain their trust.


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