BlockAmes, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47933. The Survey maps it on the Crawfordsville quadrangle.
On record in Ames
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 9 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Gen. Lew Wallace StudyNational Historic Landmark · listed 1976 · 0.6 miles away
Elston Grove Historic Districtlisted 1992 · 0.6 miles away
Col. Isaac C. Elston Houselisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
Henry S. Lane Houselisted 1981 · 0.7 miles away
Crawfordsville High Schoollisted 2003 · 0.7 miles away
Saint John's Episcopal Churchlisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
Culver Union Hospitallisted 2001 · 0.9 miles away
Crawfordsville Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1992 · 0.9 miles away
Otto Schlemmer Buildinglisted 1978 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Crawfordsville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ames: 6 producers, 4 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawfordsville Plant | Perlite | Past Producer | ||
| Montgomery Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Logan Clay Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| U.S. Aggregates-Crawfordsvil | Clay | Producer | ||
| Blackford Ray Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kitts Gravel, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| L.E. Smith Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Morgan & Chesterson Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Northcutt Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Northcutt Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawfordsville | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Fiskville | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Smartsburg | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Manchester | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| North Union | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Garfield | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Yountsville | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Mace | 5.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 430136. 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.