Edgewood, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46227. It stands on Fawn Run. The Survey maps it on the Maywood quadrangle.
On record in Edgewood
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Southport High School, Oldlisted 2003 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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 Maywood 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 Maywood quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Maywood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Maywood quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
9,757 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 Perry Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Perry Township - 9,757 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Edgewood: 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis 522 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fluorite Occurrence Number 1 | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Fluorite Occurrence Number 1 | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Indianapolis Haveisen 510 Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Indianapolis Haveisen 510 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kentucky Avenue Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| R.L. Schutt Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgewood in 17 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 11 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Edgewood | $5,000 | WISH-TV reported a few spots in eastern and southeast portions of Marion County where water is waist to six feet deep due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $1,500 | A live tree was downed at East Street and Thompson Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Also, four to five inch diameter tree limbs were down in the same location. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $1,000 | Several medium to large tree limbs snapped by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Edgewood | $1,000 | A storm drain clogged with garbage and the northbound lanes of Interstate 65 have flooded just south of the south split due to heavy rainfall. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Edgewood | $1,000 | Water was reportedly approximately two feet deep at the intersection of Emerson Drive and Edgewood Drive due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Edgewood | - | Quarter size hail was observed on the south side of Indianapolis near Highway 31 and Thompson Road. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | - | An estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was observed in this location. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Edgewood | - | Street flooding was also noted in this location. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Edgewood | - | This report came in from near the intersection of Interstate 465 and Highway 31. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Edgewood | - | The hail was observed and measured on the University of Indianapolis campus. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Edgewood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosedale Hills | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Homecroft | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Twin Brooks | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| University Heights | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Southport | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Perry Manor | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lindenwood | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Beech Grove | 3.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 434013. 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.








