BlockPoint Commerce, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47471. It stands on Eel River. The Survey maps it on the Arney quadrangle. It stands 577 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 Bloomfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Arney quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Arney quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
1,278 words on this townshipEarly History of Greene County, Indiana : As Taken from the Official Records, and Compiled from Authentic Recollection, by Pioneer Settlers ... Including Brief Sketches of Pioneer Families ..., published 1875 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jefferson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 1,278 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Point Commerce in 2006, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Point Commerce: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greene County Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worthington | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Rincon | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Calvertville | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Johnstown | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Tulip | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Dixon | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Elliston | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Bloomfield | 6.9 miles | 15 |
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 Point Commerce | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7207991 | 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 441389. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.