BlockCoal Creek, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Wabash Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47932. It stands on Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Perrysville quadrangle. It stands 633 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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
- 1958 USGS Perrysville quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Perrysville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
6,175 words on this townshipHistory of Fountain County : Together with Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley, Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Wabash Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Wabash Township - 6,175 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Coal Creek: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conrad Perry Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cronkite Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ramsey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Triple G Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coal Creek in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2015 | Flood | Coal Creek | 1 killed, $500 | An 18-year-old Covington man is dead after being swept through the Coal Creek low head dam Saturday, July 13th. Indiana Conservation Officers were called to the area just after 7:00 PM EDT after Fountain County Dispatch received a report of a man that had been swept through the Coal Creek low head dam in Stringtown. Multiple agencies responded to the scene to begin rescue efforts. At approximately 9:00 PM EDT, Covington Fire personnel found the body of an 18-year-old Covington resident about a mile and a half downstream. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Fountain County Coroners Office. According to Indiana Conservation Officers, all area waterways are flooded and dangerous following the recent rain. Officers said they have been responding to people swept away all week due to young people swimming or floating the creeks in an inner tube. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Coal Creek | $500,000 | Heavy rains washed out a section of State Road 32 in far eastern Fountain county along the border with Montgomery county. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Creek | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple power lines around Cates and towards Kingman. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Creek | $50,000 | Dozens of trees and power poles downed by thunderstorm wind gusts across the county. |
| November 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Creek | $2,000 | Power poles were downed on the 1400 block of South Stringtown Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Creek | - | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cates | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Holiday Hideaway | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Mackie | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Silverwood | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Harveysburg | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Yeddo | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Layton | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Kingman | 7.2 miles | 13 |
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 Coal Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5137714 | 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 432703. 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.