BlockEnchanted Hills, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Turkey Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46732. It lies near Morrison Island. The Survey maps it on the Lake Wawasee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1951 USGS Wawasee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lake Wawasee quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,452 words on this townshipBiographical and Historical Reocrd of Kosciusko County, published 1887 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Turkey Creek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Turkey Creek Township - 1,452 words.
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enchanted Hills in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2017 | Lightning | Enchanted Hills | $75,000 | Residents of a home on the northeast side of Lake Wawasee reported a loud crack around 6 am EDT during a thunderstorm. Shortly after, smoke was noted and the residents evacuated. Fire spread across much of the home with the greatest damage in the second story and garage areas. Damage is estimated at around $75,000. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Enchanted Hills | - | Local media reported a tree fell onto South County Road (on the Elkhart/Kosciusko County line), west of County Road 43. A 61 year old male driver seen the tree and swerved away from the tree, but crashed into a ditch and other trees, suffering minor injuries. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Point | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Black Point | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sunrise Beach | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Kanata Manayunk | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Vawter Park | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Buttermilk Point | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Marineland Gardens | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Wawasee | 2.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 434193. 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.
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.