Maple syrup in Indiana, county by county
- Maple farms, 2022
- 313
- +9% since 2017
- Taps, 2022
- 107,234
- +33% since 2017
- Gallons of syrup
- 23,255
- 0.22 gal per tap
- Counties with a page
- 17
- of 52 with maple farms
Reading the map
Where Indiana's sugaring happens
LaGrange County alone holds 19,869 taps (19% of the state). Counties shaded lightest have the fewest taps; grey counties reported fewer than five maple farms and have no atlas page. Click any county for its season calendar.
USDA's reported Indiana season ran from about Feb 10 to Mar 12 in a median year (3 years of records). Our weather signal for the same counties, weighted by farms, gives Feb 14 to Mar 17; county dates below are scaled so the state matches USDA, keeping only the within-state differences.
Every county
Indiana maple production and season dates by county
| County | Farms | Taps | Gallons | Taps vs 2017 | Sap usually runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaGrange | 38 | 19,869 | 4,101 | +153% | Feb 16 – Mar 20 |
| Elkhart | 43 | 15,301 | 3,557 | +1% | Feb 15 – Mar 18 |
| Marshall | 26 | 14,484 | 3,846 | +105% | Feb 14 – Mar 16 |
| Kosciusko | 14 | 11,265 | 1,787 | -7% | Feb 14 – Mar 14 |
| Orange | 4 | 4,150 | 895 | +24% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Madison | 6 | 4,128 | 618 | +140% | Feb 7 – Mar 7 |
| Parke | 21 | 4,064 | 696 | -48% | Jan 31 – Mar 3 |
| Noble | 11 | 3,645 | 1,092 | +18% | Feb 15 – Mar 16 |
| Union | 4 | 3,600 | 900 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Lawrence | 7 | 2,874 | withheld | — | Jan 23 – Feb 24 |
| Wayne | 3 | 2,100 | 548 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Carroll | 7 | 1,590 | 404 | +50% | Feb 7 – Mar 9 |
| Putnam | 3 | 1,250 | 440 | -53% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Miami | 4 | 1,246 | 126 | +624% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Delaware | 7 | 1,228 | 426 | +2356% | Feb 7 – Mar 8 |
| Cass | 8 | 870 | 177 | +900% | Feb 12 – Mar 11 |
| St. Joseph | 8 | 850 | 163 | -62% | Feb 16 – Mar 18 |
| Steuben | 4 | 805 | withheld | -11% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Allen | 10 | 723 | 229 | +3% | Feb 13 – Mar 13 |
| Tippecanoe | 6 | 648 | 138 | — | Feb 5 – Mar 7 |
| Harrison | 7 | 530 | 49 | — | Jan 14 – Feb 13 |
| DeKalb | 10 | 492 | 76 | +9% | Feb 14 – Mar 17 |
| Monroe | 3 | 255 | 36 | -61% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Morgan | 4 | 205 | withheld | -48% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Clay | 3 | 200 | 32 | -84% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Jefferson | 7 | 154 | 15 | +88% | Jan 23 – Feb 21 |
| Owen | 3 | 90 | 25 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Hamilton | 4 | 24 | 12 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Bartholomew | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Clinton | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Dearborn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Fayette | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Fulton | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Hancock | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Henry | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Marion | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Montgomery | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Vigo | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Warren | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Adams | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Brown | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Crawford | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Daviess | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Dubois | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Fountain | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Howard | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Huntington | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Jackson | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Jennings | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| LaPorte | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Pike | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Ripley | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Whitley | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Franklin | 1 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Hendricks | 1 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Jay | 1 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Martin | 1 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Perry | 1 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Porter | 1 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Starke | 1 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Wabash | 1 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Washington | 1 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| White | 1 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Indiana total | 313 | 107,234 | 23,255 | +33% | USDA median Feb 10 – Mar 12 |
“Withheld” = USDA suppressed the figure to avoid disclosing individual operations. County totals need not sum to the state total for that reason.
About this page
Production figures are copied, unchanged, from Table 37 of the 2022 Census of Agriculture county volume for Indiana. Season dates come from our county maple atlas: 36 seasons of daily temperatures at each county seat scored with the freeze-thaw rule behind our live forecast, calibrated against 117 state-seasons of USDA-reported dates. How the atlas is built, and the downloadable dataset →
Sources · 3
- 1.2022 Census of Agriculture, County Level Data — Indiana, Table 37: Maple Syrup, 2022 and 2017 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
- 2.USDA NASS maple syrup reports — approximate average season opened and closed dates, 2011–2022 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (mirrored by the University of Vermont)
- 3.PRISM daily temperature grids (AN81d, 4 km), accessed 2026-10-05 · PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu
FAQ
Indiana maple questions
- Which county in Indiana makes the most maple syrup?
- LaGrange County, with 19,869 taps and 4,101 gallons of syrup across 38 farms in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, about 19% of the state's taps. USDA withheld totals for 27 counties to protect individual farms, so the ranking covers published counties.
- How many maple producers are there in Indiana?
- The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 313 farms producing maple syrup in Indiana (288 in 2017), with 107,234 taps and 23,255 gallons of syrup. The Census counts farms, so backyard sugarmakers who don't sell are not included.
- Where does the sap run first in Indiana?
- By our weather record, Harrison County (Corydon) typically starts around January 14, while St. Joseph County (South Bend) starts around February 16, a spread of about 33 days across the state.
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