BlockCarbondale, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47993. The Survey maps it on the Williamsport quadrangle. It stands 689 feet above sea level.
On record in Carbondale
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 1 record
Andrew Brier Houselisted 1986
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Williamsport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
3,625 words on this townshipCounties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana : Historical and Biographical, published 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Liberty Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Liberty Township - 3,625 words.
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carbondale in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carbondale | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged a tool shed and blew grain bins over. Financial damage is estimated. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Carbondale | $500 | Flash flooding was observed on County Road 450N near US 41 Highway. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Carbondale | - | Hail up to the size of half dollars were observed along US Highway 41. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carbondale | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to be between 60 and 70 miles per hour at this location. A funnel cloud was also reported. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Carbondale | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judyville | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Rocky Ford | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Mudlavia Springs | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Five Points | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Kramer | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Brisco | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Rainsville | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Sycamore Corner | 4.6 miles | 9 |
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 Carbondale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2937945 | 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 432124. 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.
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.