BlockSummit, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Smithfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46705. The Survey maps it on the Ashley quadrangle. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1942 USGS Ashley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Ashley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Ashley quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
1,855 words on this townshipHistory of Dekalb County, Indiana, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families, published 1914 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Smithfield Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Smithfield Township - 1,855 words.
Fires near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Summit between 2003 and 2005, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 4 April 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 April 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summit in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Summit | $40,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Summit | $30,000 | Facebook photo of 3 inch hail. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | Local officials reported scattered trees and power lines down in the Ashley area. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | A trained spotter reported trees uprooted and limbs down in the town of Ashley. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | State police officials reported a semi trailer was rolled over on Interstate 69, near mile marker 139. No injuries were reported, but northbound traffic was backed up for several hours. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | Several trees were blown down near Ashley. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Taylor Corner | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Waterloo | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Fairfield Center | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Sedan | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Corunna | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Moore | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Butler | 10.0 miles | 11 |
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 Summit | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7637738 | 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 444393. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.