BlockCeylon, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wabash Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46740. The Survey maps it on the Geneva quadrangle. It stands 853 feet above sea level.
On record in Ceylon
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
Ceylon Covered Bridgelisted 2007
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.
- 1911 USGS Berne quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000, 3 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 Ceylon: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams City Highway Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Karch Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ceylon in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Ceylon | - | The tornado initially began over an open field north of the intersection of East County Road 1200 South and South County Road 600 East and moved east towards the Indiana/Ohio state line. Damage was limited to an outbuilding, some tree damage and shingle damage to a home along East 1200 South in Adams County, Indiana. The tornado then entered Mercer County, Ohio. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ceylon | - | A trained spotter measured a 63 mph wind gust. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ceylon | - | Emergency management officials reported the roof blown off a pole barn at South County Road 000 and 800 South. Several trees were also blown down in the area, with small stalks of corn flattened. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Ceylon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geneva | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Berne | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Perryville | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Linn Grove | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Salem | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Coppess Corner | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Monroe | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Honduras | 11.3 miles | 10 |
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 Ceylon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5065774 | 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 432377. 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.