BlockAtherton, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 47874. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rosedale quadrangle. It stands 528 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1950 USGS Rosedale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Rosedale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Paris 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 Atherton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atherton in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atherton | $1,500 | A 100-foot tall tree was blown down across Lambert Avenue near Highway 41 near the Parke/Vigo County border due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2009 | Flood | West Atherton | $1,000 | Extensive flooding occurred along the Wabash River near Shepardsville, 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. |
| May 2009 | Flood | West Atherton | - | Low bottomlands flooded along the Wabash River near Shepardsville, Indiana, which is south of neighboring Clinton, Indiana in neighboring Vermillion County. The river crested 2 feet above flood stage on May 3rd at a reading of 20 feet. Flooding of this magnitude typically affects a few or so local and county roads, and agricultural land. Damage costs are grossly estimated. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Atherton | - | The radio operator estimated winds of 75 to 80 MPH at the Vigo/Parke county line near Atherton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepardsville | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Sandcut | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Otter Creek Junction | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Tecumseh | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| North Terre Haute | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Markles | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| New Goshen | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Burnett | 5.7 miles | 15 |
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 Atherton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4813586 | 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 430321. 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.