BlockSeyberts, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46565. It stands on McManus Ditch. The Survey maps it on the Shipshewana quadrangle. It stands 856 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Shipshewana quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,307 words on this townshipIllustrated Historical Atlas of LaGrange County, Indiana., published 1874 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Van Buren Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Van Buren Township - 1,307 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Seyberts in 2019, burning about 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 000067 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Seyberts: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diehl Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seyberts in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seyberts | $50,000 | Lost the roof on two barns and one outbuilding was destroyed. Fuel tanks were blown a long distance. Some telephone poles were snapped. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seyberts | - | Healthy 6 inch diameter tree branches down over the road. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seyberts | - | Emergency management officials reported trees and power lines down at County Road 450 North and 100 West, as well as in the city of Topeka. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Twin Lakes | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Shipshewana | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Beatys Beach | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Shipshewana Lake | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Star Mill | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Woodland Hills | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| River Oaks | 5.8 miles | 14 |
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 Q14688806 | 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 443231. 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.
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.