BlockMardenis, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46750. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Huntington quadrangle. It stands 748 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Huntington quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mardenis: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hess Excavating | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Huntington City | Stone | Producer | ||
| Huntington Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Roanoke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mardenis in 6 storm reports between 2017 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Hail | Mardenis | - | Quarter size hail was reported near US 24 and North County Road 200 East. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mardenis | - | Emergency management officials reported a few utility poles were blown down in a few locations across the county. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Mardenis | - | The pubic reported hail ranging from golf ball to egg size. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mardenis | - | Power lines were reported down across local roads. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mardenis | - | Emergency management officials reported isolated structural damage along East County Road 400 North, between the 3000 block and 6000 block. Siding on a church was blown off, shingles on the corner of a home were removed, steel barn doors were blown off and a older, already partially collapsed barn was completely knocked down. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mardenis | - | Emergency management officials reported a four inch diameter healthy tree limb was blown down. Some shingles were removed from a nearby 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowerstown | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mahon | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Simpson | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Roanoke Station | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Roanoke | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Huntington | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Browns Corner | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Markle | 6.8 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q6758639 | 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 438601. 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.