BlockHighland, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Helt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47854. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dana quadrangle. It stands 627 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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 Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Dana quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Dana quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
4,817 words on this townshipBiographical and Historical Record of Vermillion County, Indiana : Containing Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with Accompanying Biographies of Each; a Condensed History of the State of Indiana; Portraits and Biographies of Some of the Prominent Men of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens in Vermillion County, with Personal Histories of Many of the Leading Families, and a Concise History of the County and Its Villages, published 1888; History of Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana : with Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, published 1913 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Helt Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Helt Township - 4,817 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Highland: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dee Clay Pit | Stone, Clay | Producer | ||
| Dana Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Montezuma Shale Plant | Clay | Plant | ||
| Montezuma Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Parke County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| W.C. Hargis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Highland in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2009: 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2007 | Flood | Highland | $500 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County due to heavy rain. |
| December 2007 | Flood | Highland | $500 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County due to heavy rain and snow melt. Flooding continued until January second. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Highland | - | Extensive flooding of agricultural land occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County near Hillsdale and Alta, IN. The river crested 10.69 feet above flood stage at the Montezuma, IN river gauge on March 14th, a reading of 24.69 feet. The flooding also affected some roads. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Highland | - | Very minor flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County, including in and near Montezuma in Parke County, due to heavy rain. The river crest was just under one half foot above flood stage. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Highland | - | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in eastern Vermillion County due to heavy rain and snow melt. Flooding is a continuation from March 3rd. Damage from March estimated at fifteen thousand dollars. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Highland | - | This flooding was a continuation of flooding that began March 31st at 1053 EST. The flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County, including near Montezuma, due to heavy rain. Flood damage in May was five-thousand dollars in both crop and property damage. |
| July 2008 | Flood | Highland | - | Excessive rainfall along the Wabash River caused flooding in Vermillion county, including near Montezuma. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montezuma Station | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hillsdale | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Alta | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Early Station | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Summit Grove | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Dana | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Toronto | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Bono | 5.7 miles | 16 |
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 Highland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5758617 | 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 436148. 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.