BlockLewis Creek, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47234. The Survey maps it on the Lewis Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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 Columbus quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Lewis Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Edinburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Lewis Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Lewis Creek: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Sulfur, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sphalerite Occurrence | Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lewis Creek in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewis Creek | $1,000 | A tree was downed near the intersection of County Roads 150 West and 900 South due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Rock | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Camp Flat Rock | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Norristown | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Fenns | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Auburn | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Wilson Corner | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Smithland | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Marietta | 4.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 449684. 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.