BlockMariah Hill, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Carter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47523. The Survey maps it on the Dale quadrangle. It stands 522 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1900 USGS St Meinrad quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS St Meinrad quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS St. Meinrad quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Dale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mariah Hill in 2 storm reports in 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Mariah Hill | $50,000 | At least three homes sustained minor damage. The damage was mostly to roofs and fascia. One garage door and a window were blown in. A detached garage was destroyed, with the debris thrown at least 300 yards. An outdoor storage shed was pushed several feet off its foundation. Minor roof damage occurred to at least three metal farm buildings. At least two dozen trees and limbs were snapped or uprooted. Peak winds were estimated near 105 mph. |
| December 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mariah Hill | $10,000 | A small number of shingles were blown off a well-constructed house. A few farm outbuildings suffered varying degrees of roof damage, mainly sheets of tin blown off. Several trees were uprooted. This wind damage occurred just prior to the start of a tornado path. The beginning of the tornado path was only 500 yards from the closest damage from this downburst. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Claus | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Dale | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Santa Fe | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Lincoln City | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Buffaloville | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Kennedy | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Clay City | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Rockport Junction | 5.9 miles | 18 |
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 Mariah Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6761756 | 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 449691. 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.
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.