BlockHelmcrest, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Vernon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46040. The Survey maps it on the Ingalls quadrangle.
On record in Helmcrest
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Browne-Rafert Houselisted 2015 · 0.7 miles away- Fortville Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 2024 · 0.6 miles away
- Fortville Carnegie Librarylisted 2024 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1952 USGS Ingalls quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Ingalls quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
4,977 words on this townshipHistory of Hancock County, Indiana; Its People, Industries and Institutions, published 1916 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Vernon Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Vernon Township - 4,977 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Helmcrest in 2004, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 29 April 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Helmcrest: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mccordsville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mccordsville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Village | 0.4 miles | 10 | |
| Fortville | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Eastgate | 0.9 miles | 10 | |
| Woodbury | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Denny Corner | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Eden | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| McCordsville | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Sugar Hills | 5.6 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 Q122556392 | 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 435995. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.