BlockPinhook, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in New Durham Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46350. The Survey maps it on the LaPorte West quadrangle. It stands 827 feet above sea level.
On record in Pinhook
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Pinhook Methodist Church and Cemeterylisted 2009 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS La Porte West quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS La Porte West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Pinhook: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Producers Core Sand Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Satoski Marl Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinhook in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinhook | $10,000 | Multiple trees and limbs down along Highway 2. Corn field damage. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinhook | - | Cornfield damage. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Pinhook | - | A NWS storm survey of damage confirmed a brief tornado reaching EF1 intensity near Pinhook. Severe tree damage occurred at a cluster of residences on the southwest side of the intersection of US-2 and South Wozniak Road. Several large trees, some over 50 feet tall, were uprooted or twisted. A 2 story 25 foot by 60 foot barn was destroyed with the debris thrown to the northeast. The tornado continued quickly south causing additional tree damage before rapidly dissipating. Maximum winds are estimated at 105 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durham | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Holmesville | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Westville | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Otis | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pinola | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Alida | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Beattys Corner | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Door Village | 4.7 miles | 12 |
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 Pinhook | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7195888 | 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 450466. 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.