BlockCardonia, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47834. It stands on Van Buren Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brazil East quadrangle. It stands 682 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1950 USGS Brazil East quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Brazil East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Cardonia: 8 producers, 5 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Coal, Clay, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C & F Shale Pit 1 | Clay, Stone | Producer | ||
| Cardonia Pit | Clay, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Indiana Clay Sales Pit | Coal, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| S. L. Turner Coal & Clay Pit | Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| C & F Shale Pit 2 | Clay | Producer | ||
| E and E Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| S.L. Turner Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Arketex Ceramic Plant #2 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Arketex Ceramic Plants #'s 3 & 4 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Brazil Brick Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cardonia in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cardonia | $10,000 | Numerous trees were downed across northern Clay County due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cardonia | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down by thunderstorm wind gusts across northern Clay County. |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cardonia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benwood | 0.3 miles | 14 | |
| Shady Lane | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Harmony | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Pontiac | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Donaldsonville | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Carbon | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Knightsville | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Brazil | 2.6 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 Cardonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5038774 | 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 432127. 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.