BlockAsphaltum, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Walker Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46392. The Survey maps it on the Medaryville quadrangle. It stands 689 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Medaryville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Knox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baileys Corner | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Gifford | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Laura | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Newland | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Lewiston | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Tefft | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Wheatfield | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Moody | 7.6 miles | 8 |
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 Asphaltum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4807970 | 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 430316. 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.