BlockStarlight, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47106. It lies near Sugar Camp Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Borden quadrangle. It stands 938 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1941 USGS Borden quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Borden quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Borden quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Starlight: 10 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Starlight in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 1 hail, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Starlight | - | Trees snapped roughly 15 feet off the ground on the north side of Louis Smith Road. |
| April 2019 | Heavy Rain | Starlight | - | High water was over a portion of Greenville Georgetown Road for a brief period. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Starlight | - | Nickel sized hail was reported to the NWS via Facebook. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broom Hill | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Carwood | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wilson | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bennettsville | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Borden | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Chestnut Hill | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hamburg | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Slatecut | 7.1 miles | 14 |
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 Starlight | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7602063 | 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 444077. 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.