BlockHazelrigg, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46071. The Survey maps it on the Hazelrigg quadrangle. It stands 912 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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
- 1961 USGS Hazelrigg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
6,889 words on this townshipEarly Life and Times in Boone County Indiana, published 1861 names this settlement in its chapter on Jefferson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
of the best farmers in the county. He is as fine a conversationalist as one will find. Near his house is the cemetery, and where some of his family are buried, and where you will find some of the finest monuments in the count, .
Passage source: Early Life and Times in Boone County Indiana, published 1861.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Jefferson Township - it names this place 3 more 3 times.
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 Hazelrigg: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midstate Aggregate Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hazelrigg in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2017: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazelrigg | $3,800 | A measured 62 mph thunderstorm wind gust downed trees and broke a window at a residence in this location. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazelrigg | $3,000 | Many large tree branches were downed, some across roads and power lines, due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Significant ponding of water was also observed. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Hazelrigg | - | Hail was covering the ground. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Hazelrigg | - | Emergency Management received this report from a spotter near US Highway 52 and County Road 400 North. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dover | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hazel College | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Thorntown | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Stringtown | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Northfield Village | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Max | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Brendan Wood | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Pike | 5.2 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 Hazelrigg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5688107 | 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 435938. 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.