BlockPleasant Ridge, Indiana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47978. The Survey maps it on the McCoysburg quadrangle. It stands 699 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Mc Coysburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Ridge: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Rensselaer Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sphalerite and Galena Occurrence | Lead, Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| A. Metz, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Babcock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Ridge in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Ridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Pleasant Ridge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCoysburg | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| South Marion | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Rensselaer | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Collegeville | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| North Marion | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Hanging Grove | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Moody | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Lewiston | 6.6 miles | 9 |
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 Q7203934 | 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 449713. 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.