Adams Lake, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46795. The Survey maps it on the Wolcottville quadrangle.

Adams Lake within LaGrange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1947 USGS Wolcottville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Wolcottville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Wolcottville quadrangle1:24000

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Adams Lake: 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Elmer's Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gunsaullus Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Henschen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Suever Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Wolcottville Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Woodruff	1.1 miles	14
South Milford	3.2 miles	14
Witmer Manor	3.7 miles	12
Webers Landing	4.0 miles	12
Indianola	4.0 miles	13
Valentine	4.1 miles	12
Woodland Park	4.4 miles	13
Hartzel	4.6 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2830271. 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.