BlockSpeed, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Silver Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47172. It stands on Muddy Fork. The Survey maps it on the Speed quadrangle. It stands 472 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1938 USGS Speed quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Speed quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Speed quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Speed quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Speed: 4 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffersonville Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sellersburg Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Speed Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Speed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Speed in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Speed | - | A tree fell on a house. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Speed | - | High water reported on St. Joe Road in Sellersburg. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Speed | - | Power lines were blown down. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Speed | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sellersburg | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Hamburg | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Perry Crossing | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Slatecut | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bennettsville | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Springville | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Prather | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Sylvan Grove | 3.9 miles | 15 |
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 Speed | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7575425 | 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 443928. 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.