BlockRiverwood, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Noblesville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46062. The Survey maps it on the Riverwood quadrangle. It stands 778 feet above sea level.
On record in Riverwood
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.
Holliday Hydroelectric Powerhouse and Damlisted 1995 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Riverwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Riverwood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Noblesville township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
A Dread Visitation
In 1850 Noblesville met with quite a misfortune which retarded its pros¬ perity for some years. The town was visited by an epidemic of cholera, and many succumbed to the dread disease. Mr. Shirts ably gives us this account of the epidemic. "In the year 1850, L. N. Emmons, on his way from Wash¬ ington city to his home in Noblesville was attacked by the cholera.
In the county-history sources
10,670 words on this townshipHistory of Hamilton County Indiana, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Noblesville Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Noblesville Township - 10,670 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Riverwood: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Creek Stone Company Ops | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Riverwood Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Southard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverwood in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2026: 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Riverwood | $50,000 | Deep floodwaters noted on Middletown Avenue which made it up to Durbin Elementary. Widespread significant flash flooding on roads east of Noblesville. Rain amounts of 3.5 inches in one hour recorded on an automated weather station. Another nearby rain gauge had 5.5 inches of precipitation. Hamilton County Emergency Management issued a travel advisory due to flooding concerns across the county. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Riverwood | $5,000 | Video was received of water rapidly flowing over Cumberland Road near 206th Street. Several cars drove through the flowing water over the course of the video. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverwood | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree limb which blocked the road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clare | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Strawtown | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Meadows Knoll | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Meadows Glen | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Cicero | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Durbin | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Noblesville | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Monterey Village | 4.4 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 Riverwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7338798 | 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 442117. 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.