BlockGilead, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46951. The Survey maps it on the Deedsville quadrangle. It stands 843 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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
- 1960 USGS Deedsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Deedsville quadrangle1:24000
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 Gilead: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disko Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilead in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilead | - | Emergency management officials reported healthy trees were blown down on State Route 19 as well as on Macy-Gilead Rd. Trees averaged one to two feet in diameter, with one nearly three feet. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilead | - | Law enforcement officials reported trees down on the southeast side of Gilead. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gilead | - | Tree down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Macy | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Deedsville | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pettysville | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Wagoner (historical) | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Chili | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Denver | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Perrysburg | 8.6 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 Gilead | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5561569 | 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 435069. 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.