BlockGimco City, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46001. It stands on Alexandria Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alexandria quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
618 words on this townshipHistory of Madison County, Indiana, from 1820 to 1874 : Giving a General Review of Principal Events, Statistical and Historical Items, Derived from Official Sources, published 1874 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Monroe Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Monroe Township - 618 words.
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 Gimco City: 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Hill Gravel Co., Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ryan, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gimco City in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gimco City | $35,000 | A barn was destroyed and a roof landed on a pickup truck due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gimco City | $25,000 | Tree downed by thunderstorm winds onto a car with occupants inside. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gimco City | $10,000 | Multiple trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gimco City | $7,000 | A tree was blown onto a house due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gimco City | $5,000 | Numerous tree limbs downed by thunderstorm wind gusts across the northern portions of the county. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gimco City | - | A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured in this location. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Gimco City | - | Quarter sized hail is covering the ground. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Orestes | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Dundee | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Linwood | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Prosperity | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Frankton | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Gilman | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Summitville | 5.9 miles | 12 |
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 Q122559051 | 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 435085. 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.