BlockHursh, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Cedar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46788. The Survey maps it on the Grabill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Grabill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Grabill quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
8,294 words on this townshipHistory of Allen County, Indiana., published 1880; Valley of the Upper Maumee River, with Historical Account of Allen County and the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana, published 1889 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Cedar Creek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Cedar Creek Township - 8,294 words.
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 Hursh: 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krafft Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spencerville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hursh in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2017: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hursh | - | Amateur radio operators reported power lines down. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hursh | - | Amateur radio operators reported several trees were blown down. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hursh | - | A trained spotter reported trees down. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hursh | - | A 25 inch diameter tree was uprooted by a isolated microburst from a collapsing storm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grabill | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Leo | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Leo-Cedarville | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Cedarville | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Harlan | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cuba | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Cedar Shores | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Georgetown | 5.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 436653. 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.