BlockBowerstown, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46750. The Survey maps it on the Huntington quadrangle. It stands 741 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 Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bowerstown: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hess Excavating | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Huntington Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Huntington City | Stone | Producer | ||
| Huntington Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bowerstown in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bowerstown | - | Law enforcement officials reported a 10 inch healthy tree was blown down across a road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mardenis | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Simpson | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Huntington | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mahon | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Browns Corner | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Roanoke Station | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Roanoke | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Markle | 7.0 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 Bowerstown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4950921 | 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 431401. 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.