BlockSlabtown, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47240. The Survey maps it on the Greensburg quadrangle. It stands 978 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
439 words on this townshipHistory of Decatur County, Indiana : Its People, Industries and Institutions, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Marion Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Marion Township - 439 words.
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 Slabtown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Point Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Slabtown in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slabtown | $7,500 | A Locust tree fell on utility lines, pulling the connected utility pole to an angle over southern County Road 180 East in Southeast Decatur county. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slabtown | $5,000 | Trees were downed near the intersection of County Road 400 South and Highway 421 due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slabtown | $5,000 | Trees were reported to be down near the intersection of Highway 421 and County Road 300 South due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smyrna | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Middle Branch | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Knarr Corner | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| McCoy | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Smiths Crossing | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| New Pennington | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| New Point | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Mechanicsburg | 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 Slabtown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7538373 | 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 443589. 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.