BlockRoseburg, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46953. The Survey maps it on the Marion quadrangle. It stands 843 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marion quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Marion quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
8,211 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Franklin Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Franklin Township - it names this place 6 more 6 times.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Roseburg: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Co. Hwy. Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grant Co. Hwy. Dept.- Own Crews | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roseburg in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2013: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Roseburg | - | A survey of damage in west central Grant county revealed damage consistent with a brief EF0 touchdown. The tornado touched down a quarter mile east of the intersection of County Roads 300 South and 300 West. A storage shed on the property sustained some roof damage (DI: SBO DOD: 2) with extensive tree damage also noted. The tornado quickly lifted after crossing County Road 300 South. The maximum wind speed is estimated at 80 mph. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Roseburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Roseburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michaelsville | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Kiley | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Herbst | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Westwood Square | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Weaver | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Sweetser | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Cole | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Marion | 4.5 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 Roseburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7368111 | 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 449721. 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.