BlockQuincy, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Taylor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47456. The Survey maps it on the Quincy quadrangle. It stands 738 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1949 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 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 Quincy: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Cave Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quincy in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2014: 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 2000 | Lightning | Quincy | $100,000 | A house was burned to the ground after getting struck by lightning. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Quincy | $12,000 | The first tornado from the thunderstorm touched down at approximately 1:15 PM EDT, 5.4 miles northwest of the town of Gosport along Truesdel Road, just east of McFarren Road, in Owen County. This tornado was rated EF-0 with winds estimated at 85 mph uprooting trees and causing minor damage to several buildings. This tornado lifted at 1:16 PM EDT after traveling one half mile. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Quincy | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quincy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Junction | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Devore | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Alaska | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Lewisville | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Carp | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Cataract | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Cuba | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Silex | 7.0 miles | 18 |
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 Quincy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7272105 | 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 441701. 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.