BlockBeardstown, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46996. The Survey maps it on the Bass Lake quadrangle.
On record in Beardstown
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Tepicon Halllisted 1992 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Bass Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Knox 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 Beardstown: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roth Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beardstown in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2015: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beardstown | - | Trees and limbs down in broken arrow campground. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beardstown | - | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down west of Beardstown. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beardstown | - | Trees down. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Beardstown | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Beardstown | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Beardstown | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beardstown | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 430653. 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.