BlockCrooked Lake, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46703. The Survey maps it on the Angola West 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.
- 1941 USGS Angola West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Angola West quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Angola West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Angola West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Crooked Lake: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fremont Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Line Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Viking Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crooked Lake in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooked Lake | $15,000 | Emergency management officials reported a large tree was blown down onto a trailer on West Shady Side Road, along Crooked Lake. The trailer was destroyed and a woman in the trailer was not injured. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooked Lake | $10,000 | Trees and power lines down. NIPSCO had some broken utility poles. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooked Lake | $5,000 | Powerlines down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooked Lake | - | Numerous large trees were blown down in and around Crooked Lake. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooked Lake | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Crooked Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Crooked Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Crooked Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Crooked Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Crooked Lake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Eden | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Potawatomi Inn | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lake James | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Inverness | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Angola | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Valley Outlet Center | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Nevada Mills | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Panama | 4.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 452033. 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.