BlockBoggstown, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sugar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46110. It stands on Snail Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boggstown quadrangle. It stands 748 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Boggstown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Boggstown quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Boggstown: 2 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartman Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Shelbyville & Blue River Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boggstown in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2020: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boggstown | $15,000 | Tree damage to relatively large trees was observed and a roof was blown off a garage on Academy Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boggstown | $5,000 | Trees were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boggstown | $4,000 | Fence blown over due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boggstown | $1,000 | Healthy tree downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts. Tree was around 10 inches in diameter. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boggstown | $1,000 | Trees and power lines were down near Camp Joy due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Red Mills | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Fairland | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Clover Village | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| London | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Southeast Manor | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| London Heights | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Green Meadows | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Brookfield | 5.3 miles | 11 |
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 Boggstown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4937597 | 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 431294. 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.