BlockPeppertown, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Salt Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47030. The Survey maps it on the Metamora quadrangle. It stands 968 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Metamora quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Peppertown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Stone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peppertown in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2018 | Flood | Peppertown | 1 killed, $2,000 | A 63 year old woman attempted to cross a stream in a car on a slab of concrete. The water was extremely high and fast after heavy rainfall in the area. The car was swept off the slab and the women's body was discovered about 1 1/2 miles down stream the next day. F63VE. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peppertown | $1,000 | A tree fell onto Stipps Hill Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peppertown | $250 | Several large branches were downed. |
| June 1996 | Hail | Peppertown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metamora | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Hamburg | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Millville | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Oldenburg | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Midway | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Forest | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Marys | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Buena Vista | 5.9 miles | 10 |
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 Peppertown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7166450 | 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 441012. 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.