BlockSpeicherville, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lagro Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46992. The Survey maps it on the Wabash quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1952 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
412 words on this townshipHistory of Wabash County Indiana, published 1914 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Lagro Township covers the wabash river, the salamonie and its mills, creeks in the township, natural features, first land entries, lewis rogers, first real settler.
Read the chapter on Lagro Township - 412 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 Speicherville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabash Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Speicherville in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2011: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Speicherville | - | Law enforcement officials reported a barn being blown down and some of the debris thrown into an adjacent residence. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Speicherville | - | Emergency management officials reported a barn being blown down in the 1900 block of North State Route 13. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Speicherville | - | Law enforcement officials reported trees down on State Route 115 and 15. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Speicherville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urbana | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lagro | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sunnymede | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Wabash | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Valley Brook | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| South Haven | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Servia | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bolivar | 7.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 443932. 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.