BlockFountain Park, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Carpenter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47977. The Survey maps it on the Remington quadrangle. It stands 725 feet above sea level.
On record in Fountain Park
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.
Fountain Park Chautauqualisted 2001 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Remington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
5 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fountain Park in 5 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 4 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Park | - | A tree was reported down and blocking Hwy 231 near W County Rd 1200 S. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Park | - | A large tree was blown down blocking Route 231. |
| February 2023 | Flood | Fountain Park | - | Carpenter Creek near Remington crested above minor flood stage. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Park | - | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountain Park | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remington | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Egypt | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Collegeville | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| South Marion | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Rensselaer | 10.9 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| McCoysburg | 11.9 miles | 8 | |
| North Marion | 13.2 miles | 10 |
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 Fountain Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5474746 | 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 434716. 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.