BlockAboite, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Lafayette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46783. The Survey maps it on the Arcola quadrangle. It stands 748 feet above sea level.
On record in Aboite
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Vermilyea Inn Historic Districtlisted 2005 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Arcola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
920 words on this townshipHistory of Allen County, Indiana., published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Lafayette Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Lafayette Township - 920 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Aboite: 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ft. Wayne Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Midwest Aggregates Pit 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Roanoke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Roanoke Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aboite in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aboite | - | The public reported several small diameter tree limbs broken off with shingles blown off roofs. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aboite | - | A trained spotter reported a tree was blown down onto power lines. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Aboite | - | Numerous reports of 6 to 12 inches of water flowing over roads were received in and around the Fort Wayne area as two to three inches of rain fell in a short time. Three feet of standing water was reported in the 15000 block of Worth Road. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Aboite | - | Law enforcement official reported several roads in the city of Fort Wayne having flowing water. Three roads were reported closed, with high water reported on roughly an additional half dozen. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aboite | - | Law enforcement reported power lines down near Aboite township. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aboite | - | 18 inch diameter tree down and 8 inch limbs down. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Aboite | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Aboite | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Aboite | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Aboite | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timbercrest | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| Ellisville | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Forest Ridge | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Rolling Hills | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Manor Woods | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Parkway Hills | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Liberty Hills | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Ellison | 3.8 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Aboite | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4668218 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 429991. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.