BlockFall Creek Highland, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Lawrence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46236. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the McCordsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1952 USGS Mc Cordsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Mc Cordsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Mc Cordsville quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
25,786 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 Lawrence Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Lawrence Township - 25,786 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fall Creek Highland: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence City-Own Crews | Stone | Producer | ||
| Mccordsville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fishers Sand Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| U. S. Aggregates, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Highlands | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Indian Lake | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Trilobi Hills | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Fairwood Hills | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Oaklandon | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Vertland | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Germantown | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Castleton | 3.3 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.
| Wikidata item Q122558332 | 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 434374. 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.