BlockMagley, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Preble Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46733. The Survey maps it on the Preble quadrangle. It stands 833 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Preble quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
849 words on this townshipSnow's History of Adams County, Indiana, published 1907 names this settlement in its chapter on Preble Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
formed organization, which built the Salem were log structures. The third building waschurch at the east side of section 28 in 1857. a frame and was constantly in use for over the present massive brick structure, is one of the best in the county. This church has a large congregation, with the Rev. C. B. Preuss as minister since 1893. This township has two villages, the towns of Preble and Magley, each of which are railroad stations in the southern part of the township.. The town of Magley was begun in 18S2 by 'Jacob Magley, who then started a small general country store and served as station agent for the first few years. This town has some nice residences, a telephone station and stock yards, and one of the largest general stores in any small town in the county. It also has a creamery that was built by Levi Sarin some ten or twelve years ago. The farmers in this section of the county ship a great many cans of milk to the Chicago market each week. Robert Case, the storekeeper, is at this time the postmaster and coa! merchant in addition to his extensive store interests. This town is located a mile from the Wells county line and two miles west of Preble .and has perhaps fifty residents. The town of Preble is located about four miles directly west of Decatur and is the oil town of the county. This town was laid out and the plat recorded on the 14th day of November, 18S4, by Daniel Hoffman and David Werling. Its original plat contained thirteen lots that are fifty by one hundred and fifty feet in size. Within the next three years David Werling laid out an addition to the town. A tile mill and a saw mil! were located here soon after the town was begun. This village now has a large hotel, a good country store, a barber shop, butcher shop and saloon. The Standard Oil Company has extensive business interests here that require the presence of a large force of men, who permanently reside in Preb'.e. The oil company's pumping station buildings are about ail brick. To the east and southeast is a town of great big boiler-iron tanks that resemble the tents of a show ground. This town has one brick residence, that of County Commissioner David Werling. The first steam circular saw milt operated in this township was located in section 27 and was owned by Frederick Peck and Lewis Fruchte. The estimated population of Preble township in 1907 is one thousand three hundred and eighty-five; number of voters, two hundred and seventy-seven ; the school enumeration, three hundred and ninety-seven. It is impossible to give a complete list of township trustees, but commonly the trustee or president of the board of trustees until 1S60 was the inspector of elections. Frederick Buuck. 1S46; Ernst Stopenhagcu. 1848; Jacob Yager, 1850; Frederick- Buuck, 1851; George Kieffer. 1854; Ernst Stopenhagen, 1855; A. Kieffer, 1856; Ernst Stopenhagen, 1857: A. Kieffer, 1S5S: Conrad Reir.king, 1859; John Rupright, 1S60; John Archbold, 1864; John Rupright, 1S65 ; Thomas Archbold, 1868; F. W. Gallemyer. 1S69: Dcdrich Buuck. 1878; F. W. Gallemyer, 1882; Lewis Fruchte, 18S6; Henry Dirkson, 1890; Lewis Fruchte, 1894; G. W. Rupright, 1900; Lewis Kline, 1904.
Passage source: Snow's History of Adams County, Indiana, published 1907.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Magley between 2002 and 2004, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 November 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Magley in 1 storm report in 2006: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Magley | $2,000 | Trees and powerlines down. Some roof damage to a home. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preble | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Peterson | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Honduras | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Elm Tree Crossroads | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Monmouth | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Decatur | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Williams | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Coppess Corner | 7.9 miles | 13 |
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 Magley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6731189 | 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 438474. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.