BlockHillcrest, Indiana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47112. It stands on Little Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Corydon East quadrangle.
On record in Hillcrest
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 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Corydon Battle Sitelisted 1979 · 0.6 miles away
Kintner House Hotellisted 1987 · 0.6 miles away
Corydon Historic Districtlisted 1973 · 0.6 miles away- Corydon Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 1989 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1931 USGS Corydon quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Corydon East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Corydon quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Corydon East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hillcrest: 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Corydon Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Corydon Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Harrison Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Mathes Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillcrest in 10 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillcrest | $5,000 | A Harrison County official reported trees and power poles down resulting in several power outages across the area. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillcrest | - | A horse trailer and a camper were blown over near the intersection of State Road 135 and Heidelberg Road. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillcrest | - | Power lines fell down on Old Route 135 in Corydon. |
| April 2019 | Heavy Rain | Hillcrest | - | There was water over a portion of State Road 62 for a brief period. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Hillcrest | - | Broadcast media shared image of flooding of Indian Creek near the city of Corydon. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Hillcrest | - | A Harrison County official reported to the NWS that excessive rainfall resulted in high water near the Corydon County Club near Highway 62. |
| April 2014 | Flash Flood | Hillcrest | - | Mulberry Street was flooded and became briefly impassable. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillcrest | - | A tree fell across Old Highway 135 near Battle Park. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Hillcrest | - | Dispatch reported a call for road barricades at Mulberry St. south of Chestnut St. in Corydon. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Hillcrest | - | South Mulberry St. flooded near the bridge. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corydon | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| Harrison Grange (historical) | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Kings Store | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| New Middletown | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Breckenridge | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Dixie | 5.8 miles | 22 | |
| White Cloud | 5.9 miles | 22 | |
| Crandall | 6.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 436196. 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.