BlockHelmsburg, Indiana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47448. It stands on Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morgantown quadrangle. It stands 666 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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 Franklin quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Morgantown quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Morgantown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Morgantown quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Morgantown 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 Helmsburg: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown County Highway Dept. | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Helmsburg in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2017: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2017 | Flood | Helmsburg | $25,000 | A trained spotter reported 6 to 9 inches of standing water on Lick Creek Road, north of State Road 45 due to heavy rainfall. Several vehicles were stalled in water. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Helmsburg | $3,000 | Three trees were downed in the woods off of Lanam Ridge Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Winds were estimated at 50 to 60 mph. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Helmsburg | - | Trees two feet in diameter were blown down along Lanam Ridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beanblossom | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Trevlac | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Cornelius | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Needmore | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Lanam | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Annandale Estates | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Waycross | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Point Idalawn | 4.0 miles | 21 |
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 Helmsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5709493 | 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 435997. 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.