BlockClymers, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clinton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46947. The Survey maps it on the Clymers quadrangle. It stands 722 feet above sea level.
On record in Clymers
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
Josephus Atkinson Farmlisted 2010
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Clymers quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,053 words on this townshipHistory of Cass County, Indiana, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Clinton Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Clinton Township - 1,053 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Clymers: 4 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sphalerite Occurrence Z76 | Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sphalerite | |
| Engineering Aggregates Corp. Plt. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Logansport Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Logansport S & G Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Logansport Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Logansport Sand & Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clymers in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clymers | $15,000 | Emergency manager reports downed power lines. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clymers | $10,000 | Tree down onto a garage. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clymers | $5,000 | Five homes slightly damaged and garage moved off foundation. Trees down throughout town. |
| November 2011 | Hail | Clymers | - | Emergency management officials reported mainly pea size hail, with a few hail stones as large as pennies. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Kenneth | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Dunkirk | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Cicott | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Logansport | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Potawatomi Point | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Poundstone Corner | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Miami Bend | 8.5 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 Clymers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5137113 | 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 432697. 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.