The history of solid waste regulations in Indiana began in 1953 with county ordinances to govern the disposal of “garbage and rubbish.” From there, solid waste regulations grew into a 258 page Rule (329 IAC 10). Below are lists and maps with waste locations from earlier times in Indiana’s regulatory history.
Antique Landfill Lists
The lists of antique permitted landfills and open dumps were compiled over the years, starting with the Open Dump Inventory (ODI) in 1976. Some lists are handwritten, have margin notes, or were internal memoranda. These lists are not comprehensive but represent the best available information IDEM currently has.
- Statewide Lists:
- County Lists [ZIP]
Open Dump Inventory Maps
In 1980, the Indiana State Board of Health (ISBH) contracted with the Environmental Systems Application Center (ESAC) of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) to perform an aerial photographic survey for the purpose of locating unknown solid waste disposal facilities. SPEA compiled a list of proposed counties in consultation with ISBH for aerial surveys.
The minimum size for a dump to be included in the aerial survey was 1,000 square feet, which equaled the “area required to park five automobiles.”
During the same period mail surveys with various government entities were conducted for each county.
The locations of dumps and landfills identified in both surveys were added to oversized county maps with small stickers. These historical maps can be accessed by clicking on the interactive map below. Aerial survey dump sites were plotted with 1/4 inch black triangles. Mail survey dump locations were plotted with orange circles. Permitted landfills were plotted with solid and open black squares (open and closed facilities, respectively). Details for how the survey was conducted, what constituted a dump, and the legend for the stickers on the scanned maps can be found in the document ODI1 while additional resources are located in the ZIP file. In that file, numbers at the bottom of entry pages in Permitted Active Disposal Site Data and Permitted Inactive Disposal Site Data refer to latitude and longitude.
- Adams County
- Adams County
- Allen County
- Allen County
- Bartholomew County
- Bartholomew County
- Benton County
- Benton County
- Blackford County
- Blackford County
- Boone County
- Boone County
- Brown County
- Brown County
- Carroll County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Cass County
- Clark County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Clinton County
- Crawford County
- Crawford County
- Daviess County
- Daviess County
- Dearborn County
- Dearborn County
- Decatur County
- Decatur County
- DeKalb County
- DeKalb County
- Delaware County
- Delaware County
- Dubois County
- Dubois County
- Elkhart County
- Elkhart County
- Fayette County
- Fayette County
- Floyd County
- Floyd County
- Fountain County
- Fountain County
- Franklin County
- Franklin County
- Fulton County
- Fulton County
- Gibson County
- Gibson County
- Grant County
- Grant County
- Greene County
- Greene County
- Hamilton County
- Hamilton County
- Hancock County
- Hancock County
- Harrison County
- Harrison County
- Hendricks County
- Hendricks County
- Henry County
- Henry County
- Howard County
- Howard County
- Huntington County
- Huntington County
- Jackson County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jasper County
- Jay County
- Jay County
- Jefferson County
- Jefferson County
- Jennings County
- Jennings County
- Johnson County
- Johnson County
- Knox County
- Knox County
- Kosciusko County
- Kosciusko County
- LaGrange County
- LaGrange County
- Lake County
- Lake County
- LaPorte County
- LaPorte County
- Lawrence County
- Lawrence County
- Madison County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Marshall County
- Martin County
- Martin County
- Miami County
- Miami County
- Monroe County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Morgan County
- Newton County
- Newton County
- Noble County
- Noble County
- Ohio County
- Ohio County
- Orange County
- Orange County
- Owen County
- Owen County
- Parke County
- Parke County
- Perry County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Pike County
- Porter County
- Porter County
- Posey County
- Posey County
- Pulaski County
- Pulaski County
- Putnam County
- Putnam County
- Randolph County
- Randolph County
- Ripley County
- >Ripley County
- Rush County
- Rush County
- St. Joseph County
- St. Joseph County
- Scott County
- Scott County
- Shelby County
- Shelby County
- Spencer County
- Spencer County
- Starke County
- Starke County
- Steuben County
- Steuben County
- Sullivan County
- Sullivan County
- Switzerland County
- Switzerland County
- Tippecanoe County
- Tippecanoe County
- Tipton County
- Tipton County
- Union County
- Union County
- Vanderburgh County
- Vanderburgh County
- Vermillion County
- Vermillion County
- Vigo County
- Vigo County
- Wabash County
- Wabash County
- Warren County
- Warren County
- Warrick County
- Warrick County
- Washington County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Wayne County
- Wells County
- Wells County
- White County
- White County
- Whitley County
- Whitley County
Landfills and dumps integrated with GIS are shown on the IndianaMap Viewer and the landfill boundaries are available for download in the GIS dataset view.
Disclaimer
The guidance on this website does not replace federal and state laws or rules. IDEM recommends using the laws and rules as a primary reference. Please note this website does not supersede any other applicable federal, state, or local laws or regulations.
The historical maps and lists of landfills and open dumps have not been completely integrated into VFC and GIS, but IDEM continues to add this information to VFC and GIS. These maps and lists are not comprehensive but represent the best available information IDEM currently has from historical records. The information in these lists and maps is to be used for reference purposes only. IDEM does not guarantee accuracy of the material contained in these maps and lists and is not responsible for misuse or misinterpretation.