BlockNew Unionville, Indiana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47408. It lies near Penitentiary Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Unionville quadrangle. It stands 879 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1942 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Unionville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Unionville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Unionville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Unionville quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
4,386 words on this township1884 History of Monroe County Indiana, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Benton Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Benton Township - 4,386 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of New Unionville: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Zinc, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomington Limestone | Stone | Producer | ||
| Sphalerite Occurrence Z71 | Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sphalerite | |
| Arlington Hills Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Arlington Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Bennett Mill | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Carl Furst Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Valley Stone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Unionville in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2014: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Unionville | $1,000 | A tree or tree limbs were blown down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2009 | Flood | New Unionville | - | Brummets Creek Road was impassable due to flooding caused by heavy rains. |
| May 2014 | Hail | New Unionville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Heights | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Unionville | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Dolan | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Marlin Hills | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Hoosier Acres | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Cascade | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| Ridgemede | 4.6 miles | 25 | |
| Bloomington | 4.6 miles | 25 |
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 Unionville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7012203 | 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 440120. 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.