BlockCottage Grove, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47353. The Survey maps it on the College Corner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1915 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:48000
- 1918 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:24000
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 Cottage Grove: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Co. Hwy. Dept | Stone | Producer | ||
| Union County Materials | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cottage Grove in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cottage Grove | $9,000 | Seven power poles were knocked down near the intersection of South Liberty Pike Road and East Retherford Road. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Cottage Grove | - | Several slab bridges were closed due to high water, including along East Greenwood Church Road, West Retherford Road, and County Road 200 N. |
| June 2021 | Flood | Cottage Grove | - | High water was reported on some roads between Cottage Grove and West College Corner. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Lotus | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| West College Corner | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Billingsville | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Goodwins Corner | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Charlottesville | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Roseburg | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Liberty | 4.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 433011. 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.