BlockGeneva, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Noble Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47234. The Survey maps it on the Waldron quadrangle. It stands 758 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1942 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Geneva: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Sulfur, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sphalerite Occurrence | Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Geneva in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | $50,000 | Several trees were blown over with minor roof damage at County Road 850 South at 350 East. Four to six nearby telephone poles were snapped at ground level. Everything fell to the east. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | $8,000 | A two foot diameter tree was blown onto a vehicle due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed individual trees at five separate locations to the southeast of Shelbyville, along or near a line from the intersection of County Roads 200 East and 600 South to the community of Blue Ridge. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2021 | Flood | Geneva | - | Water on the roadway but not presently deep. County road 350 East. South of Vandalia Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleepy Hollow | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasure Valley | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Camp Flat Rock | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Norristown | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Wilson Corner | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Morven | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Waldron | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lewis Creek | 5.2 miles | 14 |
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 Geneva | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5532963 | 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 435013. 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.