BlockMedford, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47302. The Survey maps it on the Mount Pleasant quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 13 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
- 1960 USGS Mount Pleasant quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
41,335 words on this townshipHistory of Delaware County, Indiana : with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1881; A Portrait and Biographical Record of Delaware County, Indiana :, published 1894 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Perry Township covers situation, boundary, area. ladies, who came near having to pay for their fun at a justice's court.
Read the chapter on Perry Township - 41,335 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Medford: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luray Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Medford in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Medford | $13,000 | An EF1 tornado very briefly occurred near near South County Road 300 East and East County Road 550 South. The tornado dislodged a barn roof and damaged the roof of a single family home across the street. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Medford | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Burlington | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Cowan | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Gates Corner | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Irvington | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Smithfield | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Oakville | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hyde Park | 5.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 438960. 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.