BlockMcCoysburg, Indiana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Hanging Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47978. The Survey maps it on the McCoysburg quadrangle. It stands 669 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Mc Coysburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
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 McCoysburg: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Metz, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sphalerite and Galena Occurrence | Lead, Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Galena, Sphalerite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanging Grove | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Moody | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| South Marion | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Rensselaer | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Collegeville | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| North Marion | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Lewiston | 7.9 miles | 9 |
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 McCoysburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6800660 | 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 438827. 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.