BlockMansfield, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47872. It stands on Rocky Fork Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mansfield quadrangle. It stands 646 feet above sea level.
On record in Mansfield
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 3 records
Big Rocky Fork Bridgelisted 1978
Mansfield Bridgelisted 1978
Mansfield Roller Milllisted 1990
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1951 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Paris 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 Mansfield: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H & H Pit and Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| S.L. Turner Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mansfield in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2006: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mansfield | $5,000 | The 139-year-old Mansfield Covered Bridge was damaged when straight line winds blew off 160 feet of the 247-foot span's metal roof. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mansfield | $500 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mansfield | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piattsville | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Walton (historical) | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Ferndale | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Smockville | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Snow Hill | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Madalline | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| New Discovery | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Superior | 4.3 miles | 14 |
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 Mansfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6751610 | 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 438533. 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.