BlockSalem, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47353. The Survey maps it on the New Fairfield quadrangle. It stands 1,043 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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 College Corner quadrangle1:48000
- 1918 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Fairfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fairfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS New Fairfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Salem: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Co. Hwy. Dept | Stone | Producer | ||
| Union County Materials | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lotus | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cottage Grove | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Billingsville | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Roseburg | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Liberty | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| West College Corner | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Charlottesville | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Goodwins Corner | 4.7 miles | 13 |
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 Salem | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988854 | 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 442873. 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.