BlockCovington Dells, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Aboite Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46804. The Survey maps it on the Fort Wayne West quadrangle.
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.
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne West quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Fort Wayne West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Fort Wayne West quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Covington Dells: 7 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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 and Fluorite Occurrence Z79 | Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Sulfur | Occurrence | Fluorite, Sphalerite | |
| Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Ardmore Stone Plant #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ft. Wayne Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ardmore Sand Plant #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brudi #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brudi #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Irving Gravel Co., Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Midwest Aggregates Pit 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Midwest Aggregates Pit 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westlawn | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Times Corner | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Brierwood Hills | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Westmoor | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Ansley Acres | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Country Club Gardens | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Liberty Hills | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Ellison | 3.1 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.
| Wikidata item Q122540427 | 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 433051. 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.