BlockOld Hill, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands on Little Slough. The Survey maps it on the Saline City quadrangle. It stands 538 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1908 USGS Clay City quadrangle1:48000
- 1910 USGS Clay City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Saline City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Terre Haute quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Old Hill in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Hill | $100,000 | Numerous trees and powerlines snapped or damaged by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Old Hill | $3,000 | A small storm, with a weak radar signature, produced a brief tornado near Cory in Clay County. This EF-0 tornado had a path length of 0.1 mile and was 50 yards wide, touching down at 2:33 PM EDT. A few trees and some corn stalks were damaged from this tornado. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eel River | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Clay City | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Middlebury | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Cory | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Saline City | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Danville | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Art | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| Buchanan Corner | 7.6 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q7084213 | 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 440570. 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.