BlockBroom Hill, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Carr Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47106. It stands on Persimmon Run. The Survey maps it on the Borden quadrangle. It stands 512 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1941 USGS Borden quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Borden quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Borden quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Broom Hill: 14 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Broom Hill in 2 storm reports in 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broom Hill | - | There was a tree down in the roadway on the 25100 block of Jackson Road. |
| July 2020 | Flood | Broom Hill | - | State Road 60 at Deam Lake was impassible due to flooding. This is a typical flood spot. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carwood | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Starlight | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Wilson | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Chestnut Hill | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Borden | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Bennettsville | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Blue Lick | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Slatecut | 5.9 miles | 14 |
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 Broom Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4975258 | 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 431589. 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.