BlockSilverwood, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fulton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47952. The Survey maps it on the Newport quadrangle. It stands 522 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Newport quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Newport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
8,176 words on this townshipHistory of Fountain County : Together with Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley, Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Fulton Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Fulton Township - 8,176 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Silverwood: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayuga Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Cayuga Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Conrad Perry Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cronkite Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dickerson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hawkins Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Service Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Silverwood Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Summit Grove Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silverwood in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverwood | $10,000 | Trees down by thunderstorm wind gusts across Fountain County. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cates | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Holiday Hideaway | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Coal Creek | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Harveysburg | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Kingman | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Yeddo | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Centennial | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Mackie | 9.6 miles | 9 |
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 Silverwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7516879 | 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 443517. 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.