BlockRockdale, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Whitewater Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47060. It stands on Cranes Run. The Survey maps it on the Harrison quadrangle. It stands 669 feet above sea level.
On record in Rockdale
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 1 record
Snow Hill Covered Bridgelisted 1995
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.
- 1915 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:24000
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 Rockdale: 2 producers, 2 plants, 1 past producer. 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Fork Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Harrison Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Harrison Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| New Trenton Plant & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Whitewater Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drewersburg | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| New Trenton | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ashby (historical) | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Sharptown | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Scipio | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Grove | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| South Gate | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Carmel | 6.4 miles | 12 |
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 Rockdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7355010 | 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 442216. 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.