BlockSugar Grove, Indiana
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Posey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47117. It lies near McHarry Hill. The Survey maps it on the Kosmosdale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1909 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1912 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 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 Sugar Grove: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gem Silica Elizabeth Plant | Silica | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sugar Grove in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2013: 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Sugar Grove | $40,000 | A weak EF-0 tornado developed 3.2 miles east of Elizabeth, Indiana. It stayed on the ground for nearly 3 miles while crossing the Ohio River and entering southwestern Louisville, Kentucky. While in Indiana, this tornado covered around seven tenths of a mile. In Indiana, four homes and two barns were damaged along Highway 111. The porch of one home was lifted and thrown 30 feet. The walls of one of the barns collapsed in multiple directions. Several trees were downed along the banks of the Ohio River. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Sugar Grove | $5,000 | Several cars were damaged by hail. |
| March 1997 | Hail | Sugar Grove | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salina | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Elizabeth | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Fishtown | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Locust Point | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Seven Springs | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Lottick Corner | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Bridgeport | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Happy Hollow | 4.7 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q18386114 | 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 444338. 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.