BlockFountaintown, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46130. The Survey maps it on the Fountaintown quadrangle. It stands 850 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1952 USGS Fountaintown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fountaintown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fountaintown in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Hail | Fountaintown | $125,000 | WTHR13 in Indianapolis reported hail up to the size of golf balls and hail piling up over four inches. Residents mentioned that the hail knocked birds out of the sky, stripped the bark off trees, and took and 18-foot piece of gutter off a house. ||The Shelby county emergency manager reported that the hail from this storm caused damage to approximately 100 homes from Fairland to Fountaintown. Mainly cosmetic damage was observed, with a few roof leaks, siding damage, a few broken windows, and roof damage. He also reported damage to the roof of the Fountaintown Volunteer Fire Department. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountaintown | $15,000 | A new pole barn was flattened due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountaintown | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Fountaintown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freeport | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Morristown | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Clover Village | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Green Meadows | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Marion | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Gwynneville | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Sugar Creek | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Southeast Manor | 7.9 miles | 11 |
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 Fountaintown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8565039 | 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 434718. 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.