BlockDelaware, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Delaware Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47037. The Survey maps it on the Pierceville quadrangle. It stands 922 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1946 USGS Pierceville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Pierceville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Delaware: 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schmaltz Ready-Mix Concrete | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| South Eastern Materials Corp Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delaware in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $2,000 | A tree and a power pole were downed across State Route 350. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaware | $1,000 | A tree was downed at the intersection of State Routes 129 and 350. |
| March 2017 | Flash Flood | Delaware | - | High water was flowing over multiple roads throughout the east central portions of the county. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prattsburg | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Pierceville | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Laughery Switch | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lookout | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Old Milan | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Stringtown | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Behlmer Corner | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Milan | 4.4 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 Delaware | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5253201 | 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 433448. 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.