BlockCrows Nest, Indiana
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46228. It stands on Culver Branch. The Survey maps it on the Indianapolis West quadrangle. 67 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 774 feet above sea level.
On record in Crows Nest
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 within a mile 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Town of Crows Nest Historic Districtlisted 2000 · 0.1 miles away
Joseph J. Bingham Indianapolis Public Schoo. #84listed 2004 · 0.9 miles away- North Pennsylvania Street Historic Districtlisted 2023 · 0.9 miles away
- Highland Golf and Country Clublisted 2021 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresCrows Nest fell from 73 to 67 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 73 | |
| 2020 | 67 | -6 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1948 USGS Indianapolis West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Indianapolis West quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Indianapolis West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Indianapolis West quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
15,135 words on this townshipHistory of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Washington Township - 15,135 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Crows Nest: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eighty-Sixth Street Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Standard Materials Corp S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| U. S. Allied Aggregates, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crows Nest in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crows Nest | $15,000 | A tree was blown down into a house near 57th Street and Meridian Street due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crows Nest | $10,000 | Numerous trees were reported down between 46th and 49th Streets and College and Keystone Avenues due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Much of the area was also without power. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crows Nest | $2,000 | A 60 mph wind gust was measured in this location as damaging outflow winds from a thunderstorm passed by. Two large trees were downed on the Butler University campus across 49th Street. Several tents were also blown over. Time this event occurred was estimated from radar. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crows Nest | $1,250 | Power lines were down in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crows Nest | $500 | Some small branches were snapped on 46th Street between Keystone and College Avenues due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2009 | Flood | North Crows Nest | - | Flooding occurred along the White River in and near Nora, Indiana. |The river crested 1.7 feet above flood stage at the Nora river gauge on April 7th at a reading of 12.7 feet. At this height a few streets and backyards typically begin to flood. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Crows Nest | 0.6 miles | 19 | |
| Rocky Ripple | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Spring Mill Estates | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Highwoods | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Wellington | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Delaware Trails | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Grandview | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Spring Hills | 2.0 miles | 19 |
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 Crows Nest | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2494513 | 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 433220. 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.