BlockAlta, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Helt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47854. It stands on Big Raccoon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dana quadrangle. It stands 499 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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 Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Dana quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Dana quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
4,817 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Helt Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Helt Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Alta: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dee Clay Pit | Stone, Clay | Producer | ||
| Dana Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Montezuma Shale Plant | Clay | Plant | ||
| Montezuma Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Parke County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| W.C. Hargis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alta in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2009: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Flood | Alta | $21,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Alta | $15,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in eastern Vermillion County due to heavy rain and snow melt. Flooding continued until April 9th at 00:30. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Alta | $5,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County, including near Montezuma, due to heavy rain. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Alta | $5,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County, including near Montezuma, due to heavy rain. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Alta | $5,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County, including near Montezuma, due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until June 16th at 0720. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Alta | $1,000 | Extensive flooding occurred along the Wabash River in and near Clinton, Indiana. The river crested 7.3 feet above flood stage on May 19th at a reading of 25.3 feet. Damage costs are grossly estimated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Station | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Hillsdale | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Montezuma Station | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Highland | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Summit Grove | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Bono | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Toronto | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Dana | 6.2 miles | 16 |
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 Alta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4735942 | 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 430118. 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.