BlockSmartsburg, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47933. The Survey maps it on the Darlington quadrangle. It stands 817 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Darlington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Smartsburg: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawfordsville Plant | Perlite | Past Producer | ||
| Kitts Gravel, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Montgomery Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Logan Clay Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| U.S. Aggregates-Crawfordsvil | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smartsburg in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smartsburg | $5,000 | Trees downed by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Smartsburg | - | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | Smartsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Smartsburg | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawfordsville | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Garfield | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Mace | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Ames | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Fiskville | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Linnsburg | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Darlington Woods | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Darlington | 5.3 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 Smartsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7544152 | 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 449731. 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.