BlockNew Corydon, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wabash Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47326. The Survey maps it on the New Corydon quadrangle. It stands 846 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1911 USGS Berne quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS New Corydon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
339 words on this townshipHistory of Jay County, Indiana, published 1864 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Wabash Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Wabash Township - 339 words.
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 New Corydon: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Habig Trucking and Excavating | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Karch Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Corydon in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2008: 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 2008 | Flood | New Corydon | - | Residents in and around the town of New Corydon were cut off on three of the four sides of town by floodwaters from the Wabash River. The only access was from the southeast on County Road 750 East. No evacuations were necessary. Floodwaters from low areas and other local streams and creeks also required some evacuation of residences closer to Portland as well as Pennville. |
| May 2005 | Hail | New Corydon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jay City | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Trinity | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Westchester | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Noble | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bryant | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Bloomfield | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| West Liberty | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Antiville | 8.8 miles | 15 |
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 New Corydon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7006706 | 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 440037. 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.