BlockSand Creek Woods, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Fall Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46037. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the McCordsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1952 USGS Mc Cordsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Mc Cordsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Mc Cordsville quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Fall Creek township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
A Happy Hunting Ground
In the early days Fall Creek township was one of the best "hunting grounds/' not only for the red men but later for their pale-faced brothers. It was in this section that the Indians who were murdered by Bridges and Sawyer were hunting and the fine furs and pelts in their possession, coveted by the two whites, were the direct cause of the murders.
In the county-history sources
2,634 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 Fall Creek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Fall Creek Township - 2,634 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Sand Creek Woods in 2004, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Sand Creek Woods: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mccordsville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Beaver Gravel Corp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Carmel 512 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fishers Sand Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Indianapolis 513 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mccordsville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Road Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| U.S. Aggregates Inc. | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Woods | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Spyglass Hill | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Chateau Court | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Haig Point | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Britton Ridge | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Walnut Hills | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sweetbriar | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Valley Farms Estates | 1.1 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.
| Wikidata item Q122558342 | 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 2107245. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.