BlockRaintown, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46149. The Survey maps it on the Lizton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Lizton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Lizton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
15,349 words on this townshipHistory of Hendricks County, Indiana, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Union Township covers description, pioxeek settlement, lizton, business and cnurcues, political history, township officials.
Read the chapter on Union Township - 15,349 words.
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 Raintown: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O.J. Pearcy Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raintown in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raintown | $1,000 | A 12 inch diameter tree limb was blown down by thunderstorm winds at the intersection of State Road 39 and County Road 1025 north. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raintown | $1,000 | A two-foot diameter, live tree was downed across a road in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Nickel sized hail was also observed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lizton | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Pittsboro | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Maplewood | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Montclair | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Tilden | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Brownsburg | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| North Salem | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Gale | 8.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 441750. 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.