BlockBirmingham, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Fairfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47905. It stands on Wildcat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lafayette East quadrangle. It stands 604 feet above sea level.
On record in Birmingham
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.
Tippecanoe BattlefieldNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lafayette East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Lafayette East quadrangle1:24000
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 Birmingham: 7 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rostone Crp/ Lafayette Oprtns. | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Rostone Crp/ Lafayette Oprtns. | Aluminum | Plant | ||
| Bratz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Casi Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Elwood Sales | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lafayette Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lafayette Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lafayette Portable Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Macy's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Taylor Station | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravinamy | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Indian Village | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Delp | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Battle Ground | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Eastwitch | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Happy Hollow Heights | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Wabash Shores | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Bar-Barry Heights | 3.5 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q27988895 | 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 448389. 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.