BlockAlida, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Clinton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46391. The Survey maps it on the Westville quadrangle. It stands 781 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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 Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Westville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Westville quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Westville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Alida: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Producers Core Sand Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alida in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alida | - | Law enforcement officials reported a semi was blown over near the intersection of U.S. 6 and U.S. 421. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haskell | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Westville | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Pinhook | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Wanatah | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Otis | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Holmesville | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Durham | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Union Mills | 6.8 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 Alida | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4726364 | 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 430076. 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.