BlockSpearsville, Indiana
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hamblen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46160. The Survey maps it on the Beanblossom quadrangle. It stands 965 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1942 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Fruitdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Bean Blossom quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Beanblossom quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
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 Spearsville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambert Dimension Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spearsville in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spearsville | $1,000 | Trees blown down. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spearsville | $500 | Tree limbs and other litter was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts at Webber Hill Road and East Washington Street. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spearsville | - | A thunderstorm wind gust, estimated at 60 mph, was reported from this location. |
| May 2005 | Heavy Rain | Spearsville | - | Over three inches of rain fell in one hour near Spearsville. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spearsville | - | Six-inch diameter limbs were blown down. |
| May 2005 | Heavy Rain | Spearsville | - | Six inches of rain fell in six hours in Spearsville. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Spearsville | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Spearsville | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Spearsville | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Spearsville | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spearsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitdale | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Sweetwater Lake | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Cordry Sweetwater Lakes | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Beanblossom | 5.2 miles | 23 | |
| Gatesville | 5.4 miles | 23 | |
| Taggart | 5.6 miles | 23 | |
| Cornelius | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Helmsburg | 6.8 miles | 21 |
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 Spearsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7574409 | 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 443925. 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.