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Kitchel, Indiana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47353. It stands on Kitchel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fairhaven quadrangle.

Kitchel within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kitchel: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Union Co. Hwy. DeptStoneProducer
Union County MaterialsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Union County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Witts Station2.0 miles13
Five Points2.1 miles13
Goodwins Corner2.8 miles13
Liberty4.9 miles14
Clifton5.0 miles14
Lotus5.1 miles17
Hopeville5.9 miles14
Cottage Grove6.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 437365. 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.