BlockAsherville, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47834. The Survey maps it on the Center Point quadrangle. It stands 659 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1908 USGS Clay City quadrangle1:48000
- 1910 USGS Clay City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Center Point quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Asherville in 2001, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 October 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Asherville: 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Zinc, Sulfur, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C & F Shale Pit 1 | Clay, Stone | Producer | ||
| Hoosierville Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Sphalerite Occurrence | Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Arketex Ceramic Plant #2 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Brazil Brick Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Asherville in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Asherville | $3,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts caused tree damage near I-70 north of Center Point. Report via social media. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Asherville | $2,000 | Water was across County Road 200 East from County Road 600 North to County Road 800 North due to heavy rainfall. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Asherville | - | One inch hail was reported at mile marker 27 eastbound on Interstate 70, 1 mile southeast of Asherville, Indiana. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadman Corner | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Stearleyville | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Hoosierville | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lap Corner | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Prairie City | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Billville | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Center Point | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Donaldsonville | 4.2 miles | 14 |
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 Asherville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4804867 | 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 447632. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.